CVE-2021-21284 (GCVE-0-2021-21284)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-02 17:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09
VLAI
Title
privilege escalation in Moby
Summary
In Docker before versions 9.03.15, 20.10.3 there is a vulnerability involving the --userns-remap option in which access to remapped root allows privilege escalation to real root. When using "--userns-remap", if the root user in the remapped namespace has access to the host filesystem they can modify files under "/var/lib/docker/<remapping>" that cause writing files with extended privileges. Versions 20.10.3 and 19.03.15 contain patches that prevent privilege escalation from remapped user.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
moby moby Affected: < 19.03.15
Affected: >= 20.0.0, < 20.10.3
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