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GHSA-f3fp-gc8g-vw66

MediumCVSS 5.9 / 10
Published May 24, 2022·Last modified Feb 4, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

A bug was found in runc where runc exec --cap executed processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, creating an atypical Linux environment and enabling programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set during execve(2).

This bug did not affect the container security sandbox as the inheritable set never contained more capabilities than were included in the container's bounding set.

Patches

This bug has been fixed in runc 1.1.2. Users should update to this version as soon as possible.

This fix changes runc exec --cap behavior such that the additional capabilities granted to the process being executed (as specified via --cap arguments) do not include inheritable capabilities.

In addition, runc spec is changed to not set any inheritable capabilities in the created example OCI spec (config.json) file.

Credits

The opencontainers project would like to thank Andrew G. Morgan for responsibly disclosing this issue in accordance with the opencontainers org security policy.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
5.9

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a low impact on the integrity of the data. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
5.4

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.39%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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