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SCA: security update for github.com/docker/docker, github.com/moby/moby (GHSA-3fwx-pjgw-3558)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432853

Description

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

 - Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable software containerization. A bug was found in
 Moby (Docker Engine) where the data directory (typically `/var/lib/docker`) contained subdirectories with
 insufficiently restricted permissions, allowing otherwise unprivileged Linux users to traverse directory
 contents and execute programs. When containers included executable programs with extended permission bits
 (such as `setuid`), unprivileged Linux users could discover and execute those programs. When the UID of an
 unprivileged Linux user on the host collided with the file owner or group inside a container, the
 unprivileged Linux user on the host could discover, read, and modify those files. This bug has been fixed
 in Moby (Docker Engine) 20.10.9. Users should update to this version as soon as possible. Running
 containers should be stopped and restarted for the permissions to be fixed. For users unable to upgrade
 limit access to the host to trusted users. Limit access to host volumes to trusted containers.
 (CVE-2021-41091)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3fwx-pjgw-3558

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432853

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 8/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

Percentile: 96.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41091