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SCA: security update for github.com/opencontainers/runc (GHSA-q3j5-32m5-58c2)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417840

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2016-3697)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3j5-32m5-58c2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417840

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.17

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3697

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3697

BID: 87263

cwe: CWE-269