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runc: Execution of malicious containers allows for container escape and access to host filesystem

🗓️ 07 May 2019 04:19:22Reported by RedHatType 
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A flaw in runc lets a malicious container escape and access the host filesystem by overwriting the runc binary.

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0day.today		runC < 1.0-rc6 (Docker < 18.09.2) - Host Command Execution Exploit
12 Feb 201900:00
–zdt
0day.today		runc < 1.0-rc6 (Docker < 18.09.2) - Container Breakout (2)
15 Feb 201900:00
–zdt
0day.today		Docker Container Escape Exploit
1 Jul 202100:00
–zdt
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private for Data is affected by an issue with runc used by Docker
3 Oct 201922:50
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Docker affects PowerKVM
17 May 201916:10
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Private is affected by an issue with runc used by Docker
3 Nov 202122:17
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Kubernetes affects IBM Watson Studio Local
20 Dec 201913:53
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Functions is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in runc
18 Feb 201920:15
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM API Connect is affected by a critical vulnerability in Kubernetes via runc (CVE-2019-5736)
5 Mar 201917:05
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability in runc
18 Feb 201919:10
–ibm
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21 Nov 2025 18:08Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 3.18.6
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.9857
CWE-672
runc flawcontainer escapehost filesystemrunc binaryarbitrary commands
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