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CVE-2023-27561

runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linu

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.00146
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-706Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
CWE-706Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference
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Affected Products & Versions

4
linuxfoundation runc< 1.1.5
redhat openshift container platformall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
debian linuxall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Go github.com/opencontainers/runc HIGH fixed in 1.1.5
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocgist.github.com · c937820b688922eb127fb760ce06dab9gist.github.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Mar 2023 · 07:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

15
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15424-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12826-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12992-1
rhsaRHSA-2023:5006Important
rhsaRHSA-2023:6939Moderate
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2197#issuecomment-1437617334Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/3751Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANUGDBJ7NBUMSUFZUSKU3ZMQYZ2Z3STN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DHGVGGMKGZSJ7YO67TGGPFEHBYMS63VF/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNB2UEDIIJCRQW4WJLZOPQJZXCVSXMLD/
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