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High DLA-3369-1 6 CVEs

runc - security update

Published Mar 27, 2023 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 10 runc 1.0.0~rc6+dfsg1-3+deb10u2

Vulnerabilities 6

  • High 7.6
    CVE-2021-30465 EPSS 10%

    mount destinations can be swapped via symlink-exchange to cause mounts outside the rootfs

    runc before 1.0.0-rc95 allows a Container Filesystem Breakout via Directory Traversal. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must be able to create multiple containers with a fairly specific mount configuration. The problem occurs via a symlink-exchange a…

  • High 7.5

    Incorrect Authorization in runc

    runc through 1.0.0-rc8, as used in Docker through 19.03.2-ce and other products, allows AppArmor restriction bypass because libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go incorrectly checks mount targets, and thus a malicious Docker image can mount over a /proc directory.

  • High 7.0

    Opencontainers runc Incorrect Authorization vulnerability

    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 …

  • Medium 6.1

    AppArmor bypass with symlinked /proc in runc

    runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. It was found that AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration. This issue has been fixed in runc version…

  • Medium 5.9

    opencontainers runc contains procfs race condition with a shared volume mount

    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 cus…

  • Medium 5.9

    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…