CVE-2023-38496

lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.26% (18th) EPSS
CVSS 3.3 · low
Is it mine?
3 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Apptainer is an open source container platform. Version 1.2.0-rc.2 introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges, the attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. A security fix has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1. There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.1–6.1

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 4.2
v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USCWE-269USCWE-271US
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affected products (3)

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-mmx5-32m4-wxvxIneffective privileges drop when requesting container network2023-07-25ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact Fix https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1523 included in Apptainer 1.2.0-rc.2 has introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges. The attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. Only affects setuid installations of Apptainer. ### Patches The security fix https://github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/1578 has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1 ### Workarounds There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1

  • GO-2023-1965Ineffective privileges drop when requesting container network in github.com/apptainer/apptainer2024-08-20vendor · osvUS

    Ineffective privileges drop when requesting container network in github.com/apptainer/apptainer

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also known as (5)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-07-25modified 2026-06-17
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references (11)

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