vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-28642: runc: AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 29, 2023 | Nov 8, 2023 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 29, 2023
Added
Nov 8, 2023
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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 1.1.5, by prohibiting symlinked `/proc`. See PR #3785 for details. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using an untrusted container image.
Solution(s)
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