Vulnerability in Opencontainers Runc

CVE-2022-29162

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 capabilit…

EPSS: 0.001 (31.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29162?
CVE-2022-29162 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opencontainers Runc, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-29162?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29162 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.