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SCA: security update for github.com/opencontainers/runc (GHSA-fh74-hm69-rqjw)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 431933

Description

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

 - runc through 1.0.0-rc9 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. (This vulnerability does not affect
 Docker due to an implementation detail that happens to block the attack.) (CVE-2019-19921)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fh74-hm69-rqjw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431933

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19921

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19921