CVE-2024-45310
runc: runc can be tricked into creating empty files/directories on host
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 3, 2024
Updated · October 22, 2026
Description
A vulnerability was found in runc. A malicious attacker may create empty files or directories in arbitrary locations in the host filesystem by sharing a volume between two containers and exploiting a race with os.MkdirAll. While this can be used to create empty files, existing files will not be truncated.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')