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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25809

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25809 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.300000190734863 MEDIUM

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`.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12runc0, 0, 0
Debian:14runc0, 0, 0
Debian:13runc0, 0, 0
Debian:11runc1.0.0, 0, 1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u2

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Mar 29, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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