Improper Privilege Management in Apptainer - CVE-2023-38496
Published: August 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79801
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38496
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: The Apptainer Container Project
Affected software:
Apptainer
Apptainer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application contains an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup. A local user can delete any directory on the host filesystems.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-38496
Install updates from vendor's website.