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SCA: security update for github.com/opencontainers/runc (GHSA-vpvm-3wq2-2wvm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419476

Description

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

 - runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to
 libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. To exploit this, an attacker must be able to spawn two containers with
 custom volume-mount configurations, and be able to run custom images. NOTE: this issue exists because of a
 CVE-2019-19921 regression. (CVE-2023-27561)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vpvm-3wq2-2wvm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419476

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.99

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27561

cwe: CWE-706