CVE-2019-10145

CVE-2019-10145 affects rkt up to version 1.30.0. The issue: containers started with rkt enter do not isolate processes and lack seccomp filtering during stage 2, allowing a compromised container to access host resources. Documents consistently describe the vulnerability without providing explicit...

CVE-2019-10144

CVE-2019-10144 affects rkt up to version 1.30.0. In containers started with rkt enter, processes are granted all capabilities during stage 2, which could allow compromised containers to access host resources. The connected documents confirm the root cause is lack of isolation in this scenario and...

BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world

Earlier this week BlueHat Shanghai brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueH...

BlueHat Shanghai 2019: Amplifying the power of defensive partnerships around the world

Earlier this week BlueHat Shanghai brought together security researchers and hundreds of cybersecurity professionals from China and across Asia to explore the latest topics in cybersecurity research. Including presentations from Qihoo 360, Baidu, Alibaba and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, BlueH...

The Next Enterprise Challenge: How Best to Secure Containers and Monolithic Apps Together, Company-wide

Submitted by: Adam Boyle, Head of Product Management, Hybrid Cloud Security, Trend Micro When it comes to software container security, it’s important for enterprises to look at the big picture, taking into account how they see containers affecting their larger security requirements and future...

CVE-2019-1002101

Summary (CVE-2019-1002101): The kubectl cp path traversal vulnerability arises when copying files from a container to the user machine. Kubernetes creates a tar inside the container, which is streamed and unpacked on the user side; if the container’s tar binary is malicious, it can run code and c...

RSAC 2019: Container Escape Hack Targets Vulnerable Linux Kernel

Researchers at CyberArk have created a proof-of-concept attack that allows adversaries to bypass container security, escape the container and compromise an entire host system. However, the attack scenario is limited, in that a successful attack depends on unpatched vulnerabilities to be present i...

Attacking Containers and runC

This week a new vulnerability was published CVE-2019-5736 that highlights everything bad and good about containers. Simply put, this vulnerability can be exploited using an infected container to attack the host. It’s a real world example of a breakout attack that has long been a major concern in...

Major Container Security Flaw Threatens Cascading Attacks

runc, a building-block project for the container technologies used by many enterprises as well as public cloud providers, has patched a vulnerability that would allow root-level code-execution, container escape and access to the host filesystem. Discovered by researchers Adam Iwaniuk and Borys...

RunC Flaw Lets Attackers Escape Linux Containers to Gain Root on Hosts

A serious security vulnerability has been discovered in the core runC container code that affects several open-source container management systems, potentially allowing attackers to escape Linux container and obtain unauthorized, root-level access to the host operating system. The vulnerability,...

Container Security Becomes a Priority for Enterprises

Among the IT innovations that businesses are using to digitally transform operations, containers might be the most disruptive and revolutionary. “They’re a real game changer,” Qualys Chief Product Officer Sumedh Thakar said at QSC 2018 in Las Vegas. DevOps teams have embraced containers because...

ThreatList: Container Security Lags Amidst DevOps Enthusiasm

The high-velocity application- and process-development practices collectively known as DevOps has become a core goal for many enterprises, as they look to respond to market forces more dynamically. This embrace is pushing container deployments forward as necessary tools for executing the vision o...

Kubernetes user privilege elevation vulnerability, the exposure to security risks-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Recently, Kubernetes open source container software found a key of a user privilege elevation vulnerability, CVE-2018-1002105, which software is today most of the cloud infrastructure of the fixed component. This vulnerability can allow an attacker unrestricted remote access, steal data, or cause...

Kubernetes Flaw is a "Huge Deal," Lays Open Cloud Deployments

A critical privilege-escalation vulnerability CVE-2018-1002105 has been uncovered in the Kubernetes open-source container software, which is a fixture in much of today’s cloud infrastructure. It could allow an attacker unfettered, remote access for stealing data or crashing production application...

“Fire Danger Rating” on “High” in Security Climate

November was a scary month in California. After four years of drought, the forests and towns in the northern part of the state exploded into wildfires, displacing thousands of residents and destroying millions of dollars of property. The foul air in San Francisco and the surrounding areas was a...

Securing Containers in The AWS Cloud with Trend Micro

Rapid adoption of containers is changing the way that businesses build their applications. Services like Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and AWS Fargate let builders focus on solving business problems instead of managing infrastructure. But the move to containers also requires a shift in how you approach...

ThreatList: One-Third of Firms Say Their Container Security Lags

Even as companies move to embrace cloud deployments and containers, most organizations with such deployments don’t feel prepared to adequately secure cloud-native applications. According to StackRox’ State of Container Security report, which polled about 230 respondents in the U.S., more than a...

Security update for singularity (moderate)

Singularity was updated to version 2.6.0, bringing features, bugfixes and security fixes. Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-12021: Fixed access control on systems supporting overlay file system boo1100333. Highlights of 2.6.0: - Allow admin to specify a non-standard location for mksquashfs binary...

Qualys Broadens Security Offerings for Azure

Qualys is expanding its security and compliance capabilities for Microsoft Azure, by adding protection for the on-premises Azure Stack and extending capabilities for public cloud deployments. By using Qualys’ platform to defend hybrid IT environments, organizations get a unified view of their...

Securing Container Deployments with Qualys

With container adoption booming, security teams must protect the applications that DevOps teams create and deploy using this method of OS virtualization. The security must be comprehensive across the entire container lifecycle, and built into the DevOps pipeline in a way that is seamless and...