CVE-2023-38496

Apptainer is an open source container platform. Version 1.2.0-rc.2 introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges, the attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. A security fix has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1. There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:apptainer:1.2.0:-:*:*:*:go:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:apptainer:1.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:go:*:*

History

02 Aug 2023, 19:32

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-271
CWE-269
NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 3.3
First Time Lfprojects
Lfprojects apptainer
References (MISC) https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1578 - (MISC) https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1578 - Patch
References (MISC) https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1523 - (MISC) https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1523 - Patch
References (MISC) https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/security/advisories/GHSA-mmx5-32m4-wxvx - (MISC) https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/security/advisories/GHSA-mmx5-32m4-wxvx - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:apptainer:1.2.0:rc2:*:*:*:go:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:apptainer:1.2.0:-:*:*:*:go:*:*

25 Jul 2023, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-07-25 22:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:14


NVD link : CVE-2023-38496

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38496

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38496


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Products Affected

lfprojects

  • apptainer
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-271

Privilege Dropping / Lowering Errors