Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-25809
Potential exploit
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 with `rbind, ro` (e.g., `runc spec --rootless`; this condition is very rare). A container may gain the write access to user-owned cgroup hierarchy `/sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/...` on the host . Other users's cgroup hierarchies are not affected. Users are advised to upgrade to version 1.1.5. Users unable to upgrade may unshare the cgroup namespace (`(docker|podman|nerdctl) run --cgroupns=private)`. This is the default behavior of Docker/Podman/nerdctl on cgroup v2 hosts. or add `/sys/fs/cgroup` to `maskedPaths`.
Products affected by CVE-2023-25809
- cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-25809
0.03%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 7 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-25809
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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6.3
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
2.0
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3.7
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NIST | |
5.0
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
0.8
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3.7
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GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-25809
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The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-25809
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https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-m8cg-xc2p-r3fc
rootless: `/sys/fs/cgroup` is writable when cgroupns isn't unshared · Advisory · opencontainers/runc · GitHubExploit;Vendor Advisory
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https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/0d62b950e60f6980b54fe3bafd9a9c608dc1df17
Merge pull request from GHSA-m8cg-xc2p-r3fc · opencontainers/runc@0d62b95 · GitHubPatch
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