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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_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.

Severity
High 7.0
Published
3 Mar 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.1.5
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
runcServers and applications · cpe:a:linuxfoundation:runc
  • Every version before 1.1.5

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27561
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27561