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SCA: security update for github.com/apptainer/apptainer (GHSA-mmx5-32m4-wxvx)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417046

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Apptainer is an open source container platform. Version 1.2.0-rc.2 introduced an ineffective privilege
 drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root
 privileges, the attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter
 config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. A security fix has been included in Apptainer
 1.2.1. There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1. (CVE-2023-38496)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmx5-32m4-wxvx

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 417046

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38496

cwe: CWE-269