Improper privilege management in crun - CVE-2022-27650

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Improper privilege management in crun - CVE-2022-27650

Published: March 26, 2022 / Updated: April 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU128070
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27650
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
crun
Software vendor:
Container Projects

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to elevate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in crun exec when creating processes inside a linux container. A local user can execute a program with inheritable file capabilities to elevate privileges.

The issue creates a non-empty inheritable capability set by default, but the inheritable set does not exceed the container's bounding set.


Remediation

Install security update from vendor's website.

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