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Low ALSA-2022:8090 1 CVE

Low: runc security update

Published Nov 15, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The runC tool is a lightweight, portable implementation of the Open Container Format (OCF) that provides container runtime.

Security Fix(es):

* runc: incorrect handling of inheritable capabilities (CVE-2022-29162)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 runc 4:1.1.4-1.el9

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.9
    CVE-2022-29162

    Incorrect Default Permissions in runc

    runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. A bug was found in runc prior to version 1.1.2 where `runc exec --cap` created processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, creating an aty…

    opencontainers runc ctop podman Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi Go

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29162
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2086398
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-8090.html