GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-q3j5-32m5-58c2 Privilege Elevation in runc

HIGH Published 2021-12-20 Modified 2024-05-20 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-3697
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/opencontainers/runc
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-269
Reviewed
2021-05-20

Affected packages

• Go github.com/opencontainers/runc: < 0.1.0 → fixed in 0.1.0

Description

libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric username in the password file in a container.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-3697 libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username,… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References