Malicious image running containers may cause DoS attacks
iSulad uses the lcr+lxc runtime (default) to run malicious images, which can cause DOS.
- Published
- Oct 29, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 10th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-665
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.5
- CNA · openEuler
- 6.3
- 0.8 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openeuler | icr | cpe:2.3:a:openeuler:icr |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openeuler icrbefore 2.0.9-6
- openeuler icr2.1.0 and later · before 2.1.2-3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (openEuler). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
openEuler lcr
- up to and including 2.0.9-6,2.1.2-3affected · patchfixed in 0012-265-set-env-to-avoid-invoke-lxc-binary-directly.patch, 0008-266-set-env-to-avoid-invoke-lxc-binary-directly.patch
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| openEuler lcr | 0008-266-set-env-to-avoid-invoke-lxc-binary-directly.patch | Vendor (CNA) |
| openEuler lcr | 0012-265-set-env-to-avoid-invoke-lxc-binary-directly.patch | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- panwenjie2@huawei.comfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-665 · Improper InitializationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- gitee.com/src-openeuler/lcr/pulls/251/files
- gitee.com/src-openeuler/lcr/pulls/257/files
- www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1692
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.