CVE-2023-25809

CWE-281CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions12 documents8 sources
Severity
6.3MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Opencontainers RuncGithub.com Opencontainers/runcLinuxfoundation Runc
Timeline
PublishedMar 29
Latest updateAug 20

Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. In affected versions it was found that rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable in following conditons: 1. when runc is executed inside the user namespace, and the `config.json` does not specify the cgroup namespace to be unshared (e.g.., `(docker|podman|nerdctl) run --cgroupns=host`, with Rootless Docker/Podman/nerdctl) or 2. when runc is executed outside the user namespace, and `/sys` is mounted wit…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.7

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5opencontainers/runc< 1.1.5
▶Debianrunc< 1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u4+3
▶Ubunturunc< 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
OSV
Rootless: /sys/fs/cgroup is writable when cgroupns isn't unshared in github.com/opencontainers/runc↗2024-08-20
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OSV
runc vulnerabilities↗2023-05-18
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GHSA
rootless: `/sys/fs/cgroup` is writable when cgroupns isn't unshared in runc↗2023-03-30
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OSV
rootless: `/sys/fs/cgroup` is writable when cgroupns isn't unshared in runc↗2023-03-30
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CVEList
rootless: `/sys/fs/cgroup` is writable when cgroupns isn't unshared in runc↗2023-03-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
runC vulnerabilities↗2023-05-23
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Ubuntu
runC vulnerabilities↗2023-05-18
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Red Hat
runc: Rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable↗2023-03-29
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Microsoft
rootless: `/sys/fs/cgroup` is writable when cgroupns isn't unshared in runc↗2023-03-14
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Debian
CVE-2023-25809: runc - runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI spec...↗2023
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CVE-2023-25809 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.3) | runc is a CLI tool for spawning and | cvebase.io