VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-28642

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-03-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-281
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references