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CVE-2016-9962
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-31T22:59:01.783 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:50.837

Summary

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.

Affected products

docker — docker

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References

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