CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-36109
6.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. A bug was found in Moby (Docker Engine) where supplementary groups are not set up properly. If an attacker has direct access to a container and manipulates their supplementary group access, they may be able to use supplementary group access to bypass primary group restrictions in some cases, potentially gaining access to sensitive information or gaining the ability to execute code in that container. This bug is fixed in Moby (Docker Engine) 20.10.18. Running containers should be stopped and restarted for the permissions to be fixed. For users unable to upgrade, this problem can be worked around by not using the `"USER $USERNAME"` Dockerfile instruction. Instead by calling `ENTRYPOINT ["su", "-", "user"]` the supplementary groups will be set up properly.
Affected configurations
• mobyproject moby (< 20.10.18)
• fedoraproject fedora 36
• fedoraproject fedora 37
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-286 Incorrect User Management weakness
References
- https://github.com/moby/moby/commit/de7af816e76a7fd3fbf06bffa6832959289fba32 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moby/moby/releases/tag/v20.10.18 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-rc4r-wh2q-q6c4 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/O7JL2QA3RB732MLJ3RMUXB3IB7AA22YU lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RQQ4E3JBXVR3VK5FIZVJ3QS2TAOOXXTQ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2022/08/22/vulnerability-in-linux-containers-investigation-and-mitigation www.benthamsgaze.org
- https://github.com/moby/moby/commit/de7af816e76a7fd3fbf06bffa6832959289fba32 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moby/moby/releases/tag/v20.10.18 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-rc4r-wh2q-q6c4 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O7JL2QA3RB732MLJ3RMUXB3IB7AA22YU/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RQQ4E3JBXVR3VK5FIZVJ3QS2TAOOXXTQ/ lists.fedoraproject.org