Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-27649  

A flaw was found in Podman, where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine), where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.

Description

A flaw was found in Podman, where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty default permissions. A vulnerability was found in Moby (Docker Engine), where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. This flaw allows an attacker with access to programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set when execve(2) runs.

Statement

This issue is related to the general vulnerability found in Moby (Docker Engine), which has been assigned CVE-2022-24769.

This issue is related to the general vulnerability found in Moby (Docker Engine), which has been assigned CVE-2022-24769.

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 2066568: CVE-2022-27649 podman: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty
  • CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2022-27649