CVE-2023-38496
CVSS 3.1 Score 3.3 of 10 (low)
Details
Published Jul 25, 2023
Updated: Aug 2, 2023
CWE ID 269
CWE ID 271
Summary
CVE-2023-38496 affects Apptainer, an open source container platform. In version 1.2.0-rc.2, a privilege drop during container network setup was found to be ineffective, leading to subsequent functions being executed with root privileges. This vulnerability poses a limited attack surface, but an attacker could potentially manipulate a starter config to delete directories on the host filesystems. Apptainer users are strongly advised to upgrade to version 1.2.1 to mitigate this issue. No known workarounds exist aside from the upgrade.
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Affected Vendors
- LF Projects, LLC
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