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CVE-2023-28642

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in linuxfoundation runc. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/opencontainers/runc 1.1.5.

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-59, CWE-281
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-g2j6-57v7-gm8cGogithub.com/opencontainers/runc<1.1.51.1.5
GO-2023-1683Gogithub.com/opencontainers/runc<1.1.51.1.5

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