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Vulnerability details: VCID-y9hs-1kk2-aaam
Vulnerability ID VCID-y9hs-1kk2-aaam
Aliases CVE-2020-15257
GHSA-36xw-fx78-c5r4
Summary containerd is an industry-standard container runtime and is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows. In containerd before versions 1.3.9 and 1.4.3, the containerd-shim API is improperly exposed to host network containers. Access controls for the shim’s API socket verified that the connecting process had an effective UID of 0, but did not otherwise restrict access to the abstract Unix domain socket. This would allow malicious containers running in the same network namespace as the shim, with an effective UID of 0 but otherwise reduced privileges, to cause new processes to be run with elevated privileges. This vulnerability has been fixed in containerd 1.3.9 and 1.4.3. Users should update to these versions as soon as they are released. It should be noted that containers started with an old version of containerd-shim should be stopped and restarted, as running containers will continue to be vulnerable even after an upgrade. If you are not providing the ability for untrusted users to start containers in the same network namespace as the shim (typically the "host" network namespace, for example with docker run --net=host or hostNetwork: true in a Kubernetes pod) and run with an effective UID of 0, you are not vulnerable to this issue. If you are running containers with a vulnerable configuration, you can deny access to all abstract sockets with AppArmor by adding a line similar to deny unix addr=@**, to your policy. It is best practice to run containers with a reduced set of privileges, with a non-zero UID, and with isolated namespaces. The containerd maintainers strongly advise against sharing namespaces with the host. Reducing the set of isolation mechanisms used for a container necessarily increases that container's privilege, regardless of what container runtime is used for running that container.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-15257.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2183
cvssv3 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-15257.json
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rhbs high https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899487
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15157
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15257
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21284
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21285
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/4a4bb851f5da563ff6e68a83dc837c7699c469ad
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/4a4bb851f5da563ff6e68a83dc837c7699c469ad
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.3
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.3
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-36xw-fx78-c5r4
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-36xw-fx78-c5r4
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNKXLOLZWO5FMAPX63ZL7JNKTNNT5NQD
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNKXLOLZWO5FMAPX63ZL7JNKTNNT5NQD
cvssv2 3.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257
cvssv3 5.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257
cvssv3.1 5.2 https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/12/10/abstract-shimmer-cve-2020-15257-host-networking-is-root-equivalent-again
generic_textual MODERATE https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/12/10/abstract-shimmer-cve-2020-15257-host-networking-is-root-equivalent-again
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1309
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-33
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-33
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4653-1
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4653-2
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4865
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4865
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2020/CVE-2020-15257.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-15257.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-15257
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15157
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15257
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21284
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21285
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/4a4bb851f5da563ff6e68a83dc837c7699c469ad
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.3
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-36xw-fx78-c5r4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNKXLOLZWO5FMAPX63ZL7JNKTNNT5NQD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNKXLOLZWO5FMAPX63ZL7JNKTNNT5NQD
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNKXLOLZWO5FMAPX63ZL7JNKTNNT5NQD/
https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/12/10/abstract-shimmer-cve-2020-15257-host-networking-is-root-equivalent-again
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-33
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4653-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4653-2
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4865
1899487 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899487
ASA-202012-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-8
AVG-1309 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1309
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-15257 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257
RHSA-2022:2183 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2183
USN-4653-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4653-1/
USN-4653-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4653-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-15257.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/4a4bb851f5da563ff6e68a83dc837c7699c469ad
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-36xw-fx78-c5r4
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LNKXLOLZWO5FMAPX63ZL7JNKTNNT5NQD
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Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15257
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/12/10/abstract-shimmer-cve-2020-15257-host-networking-is-root-equivalent-again
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-33
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4865
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.16668
EPSS Score 0.00045
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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