CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-36109

6.3 MEDIUM Published 2022-09-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
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