runc before 1.0.0-rc95 allows a Container Filesystem Breakout via Directory Traversal. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must be able to create multiple containers with a fairly specific mount configuration. The problem occurs via a symlink-exchange attack that relies on a race condition.
CVE-2021-30465
This high-severity CVE scores 8.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.6%, top 7% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.5
- EG Score
- 8.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 45(Track)EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity85% × 45%Exploitation7% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 93.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 27, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (22)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/19/2
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/19/2
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185405
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/0ca91f44f1664da834bc61115a849b56d22f595f
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-c3xm-pvg7-gh7r
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00023.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/35ZW6NBZSBH5PWIT7JU4HXOXGFVDCOHH/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4HOARVIT47RULTTFWAU7XBG4WY6TDDHV/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-26
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0003/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/19/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/19/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185405
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/0ca91f44f1664da834bc61115a849b56d22f595f
Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | runc (1.0.0~rc93-0ubuntu1.1) @ hirsute | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | runc (1.0.0~rc7+git20190403.029124da-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm2) @ xenial | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| redhat | container-tools:rhel8-8040020210608072148.c0c392d5 | 2021-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | container-tools:3.0-8040020210608070614.c0c392d5 | 2021-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | runc-0:1.0.0-69.rc10.el7_9 | 2021-06-09 | redhat |
| redhat | container-tools:2.0-8020020210525070123.28c38760 | 2021-06-08 | redhat |
| redhat | container-tools:2.0-8040020210519150700.c0c392d5 | 2021-06-08 | redhat |
| redhat | docker-2:1.13.1-206.git7d71120.el7_9 | 2021-05-31 | redhat |
| redhat | runc-0:1.0.0-87.rhaos4.6.git23384e2.el7 | 2021-05-26 | redhat |
| redhat | runc-0:1.0.0-74.rhaos4.5.gitd2c3b70.el7 | 2021-05-26 | redhat |
| redhat | runc-0:1.0.0-96.rhaos4.8.gitcd80260.el7 | 2021-05-24 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/opencontainers/runc | — | 1.0.0-rc95 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(12)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2021:1562IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:1562 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:1566IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:1566 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2057IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2057 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2144IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2144 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2145IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2145 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2150IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2150 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2291IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2291 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2292IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2292 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2370IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2370 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2371IMPORTANT2021-05-19
RHSA-2021:2371 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-4867-1HIGH
runC vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4960-1HIGH
runC vulnerability
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