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TI-2016-07111 Aliases CVE-2016-8649GHSA-vp8j-2cg9-6pvv

Access control flaw in LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

lxc-attach in LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 allows an attacker inside of an unprivileged container to use an inherited file descriptor, of the host's /proc, to access the rest of the host's filesystem via the openat() family of syscalls.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02813 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6—No fix listedCNA
  • LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 Vendor— Affected LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.0.9; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.6Vulnerablelxc
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.0.9; 2.0.0 to before 2.0.6 Vulnerable ·lxc

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8649
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vp8j-2cg9-6pvv

References

Patch 2

Advisory 3

  • TI-2019-04061 runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-28386 lxc lxc-user-nic insufficient ownership validation allows cross-tenant OVS port deletion CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2016-08200 An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2017-13795 In LXC 2.0, many template scripts download code over cleartext HTTP, and omit a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2015-01214 lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2013-05394 The lxc-sshd template (templates/lxc-sshd.in) in LXC before 1.0.0.beta2 uses read-write… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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