CVE-2023-28642

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p27

Published

Mar 29, 2023 (Mar 29, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.

Vendors: linuxfoundation
Products: runc
Weakness: CWE-281, CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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