{"cve":"CVE-2023-27561","nvd":{"published":"2023-03-03T19:15:11.330","modified":"2026-06-17T05:45:27.670","status":"Modified","description":"runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2019-19921 regression.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":["CWE-706"],"references":["https://gist.github.com/LiveOverflow/c937820b688922eb127fb760ce06dab9","https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197#issuecomment-1437617334","https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/3751","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.html","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linuxfoundation:runc","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:openshift_container_platform"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:41.955480748+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-27561","score":0.00448,"percentile":0.38941,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-vpvm-3wq2-2wvm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vpvm-3wq2-2wvm","summary":"Opencontainers runc Incorrect Authorization vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:57.004964556Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/opencontainers/runc","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/opencontainers/runc","ranges":[">=1.0.0-rc95 <1.1.5"],"fixed":["1.1.5"]}]},{"id":"GO-2023-1627","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2023-1627","summary":"Opencontainers runc Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in github.com/opencontainers/runc","modified":"2026-02-04T03:58:42.107712Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/opencontainers/runc","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/opencontainers/runc","ranges":[">=1.0.0-rc95 <1.1.5"],"fixed":["1.1.5"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}