RHSA-2024:0756 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: runc security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · February 9, 2024
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for runc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The runC tool is a lightweight, portable implementation of the Open Container Format (OCF) that provides container runtime.
Security Fix(es):
- runc: file descriptor leak (CVE-2024-21626)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.