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CVE-2026-41579 Jun 13, 20:45 Go LOW PATCH GHSA Monitor

Host filesystem integrity violations in runc are triggered when the container runtime processes a malicious OCI image where /dev is configured as a symbolic link rather than a directory. An attacker who can deliver such a crafted image - via a public registry, a supply-chain-compromised base image, or a shared CI/CD pipeline - can cause runc to follow the symlink during container device-node initialization, resulting in limited, unintended write operations on the host filesystem outside the container boundary. The vendor-credited reporter (Aleksa Sarai, a known runc maintainer) describes the impact as 'limited host filesystem integrity violations,' falling short of a full container escape. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

Information Disclosure Runc Linuxfoundation
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 3.1
3.3
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2025-52881 Nov 06, 21:15 Go HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure Docker Red Hat Suse Runc +1
NVD GitHub
CVSS 4.0
7.3
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2025-52565 Nov 06, 20:15 Go HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Red Hat Suse Runc Linuxfoundation
NVD GitHub
CVSS 4.0
8.4
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2025-31133 Nov 06, 19:15 Go HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Red Hat Suse Runc +1
NVD GitHub
CVSS 4.0
7.3
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2023-28642 Mar 29, 19:15 Go HIGH PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Runc Linuxfoundation
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2023-25809 Mar 29, 19:15 Go MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure Docker Runc Linuxfoundation
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
6.3
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2023-27561 Mar 03, 19:15 Go HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Debian Red Hat Debian Linux Enterprise Linux +3
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.0
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2022-29162 May 17, 21:15 Go HIGH PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Privilege Escalation Fedora Runc Linuxfoundation Fedoraproject
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2022-24769 Mar 24, 20:15 Go MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable and accelerate software containerization. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Permission Assignment vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions.

Information Disclosure Docker Debian Debian Linux Fedora +5
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
0.5%
CVE-2021-43784 Dec 06, 18:15 Go MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Debian Debian Linux Runc +1
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
5.0
EPSS
1.7%
CVE-2021-30465 May 27, 13:15 Go HIGH PATCH This Week

runc before 1.0.0-rc95 allows a Container Filesystem Breakout via Directory Traversal. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Path Traversal Race Condition Microsoft Fedora Runc +2
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
8.5
EPSS
6.6%
CVE-2019-16884 Sep 25, 18:15 Go HIGH POC PATCH This Week

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. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Docker Red Hat Canonical Enterprise Linux +11
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
4.4%
CVE-2016-3697 Jun 01, 20:59 Go HIGH PATCH This Week

libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Docker Runc Opensuse Linuxfoundation
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.1%
CVE-2024-21626 May 27, 22:00 Go HIGH POC PATCH Act Now

Alpine Linux: runc fixed in 1.1.12-r0

Information Disclosure Fedora Runc Linuxfoundation Fedoraproject
NVD GitHub VulDB
CVSS 3.1
8.6
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW PATCH Monitor

Host filesystem integrity violations in runc are triggered when the container runtime processes a malicious OCI image where /dev is configured as a symbolic link rather than a directory. An attacker who can deliver such a crafted image - via a public registry, a supply-chain-compromised base image, or a shared CI/CD pipeline - can cause runc to follow the symlink during container device-node initialization, resulting in limited, unintended write operations on the host filesystem outside the container boundary. The vendor-credited reporter (Aleksa Sarai, a known runc maintainer) describes the impact as 'limited host filesystem integrity violations,' falling short of a full container escape. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis.

Information Disclosure Runc Linuxfoundation
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure Docker Red Hat +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Red Hat Suse +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Red Hat +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Runc Linuxfoundation
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.3
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Information Disclosure Docker Runc +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

runc through 1.1.4 has Incorrect Access Control leading to Escalation of Privileges, related to libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Debian Red Hat +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to overly permissive default settings.

Privilege Escalation Fedora Runc +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable and accelerate software containerization. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Incorrect Permission Assignment vulnerability could allow attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions.

Information Disclosure Docker Debian +7
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Integer Overflow Debian +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 7% CVSS 8.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

runc before 1.0.0-rc95 allows a Container Filesystem Breakout via Directory Traversal. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Path Traversal Race Condition Microsoft +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

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. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Docker Red Hat +13
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Privilege Escalation Docker Runc +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.6
HIGH POC PATCH Act Now

Alpine Linux: runc fixed in 1.1.12-r0

Information Disclosure Fedora Runc +2
NVD GitHub VulDB

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