CVE-2022-24769: Default inheritable capabilities for linux container should be empty
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.49% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: containerd (Debian:11) 1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u2; containerd (Debian:12) 1.6.2~ds1-1; github.com/docker/docker (Go) 20.10.14, 20.10.14+incompatible.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to containerd (Debian:11) 1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u2; containerd (Debian:12) 1.6.2~ds1-1; github.com/docker/docker (Go) 20.10.14, 20.10.14+incompatible or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable and accelerate software containerization. A bug was found in Moby (Docker Engine) prior to version 20.10.14 where containers were incorrectly started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, creating an atypical Linux environment and enabling programs with inheritable file capabilities to elevate those capabilities to the permitted set during `execve(2)`. Normally, when executable programs have specified permitted file capabilities, otherwise unprivileged users and processes can execute those programs and gain the specified file capabilities up to the bounding set. Due to this bug, containers which included executable programs with inheritable file capabilities allowed otherwise unprivileged users and processes to additionally gain these inheritable file capabilities up to the container's bounding set. Containers which use Linux users and groups to perform privilege separation inside the container are most directly impacted. This bug did not affect the container security sandbox as the inheritable set never contained more capabilities than were included in the container's bounding set. This bug has been fixed in Moby (Docker Engine) 20.10.14. Running containers should be stopped, deleted, and recreated for the inheritable capabilities to be reset. This fix changes Moby (Docker Engine) behavior such that containers are started with a more typical Linux environment. As a workaround, the entry point of a container can be modified to use a utility like `capsh(1)` to drop inheritable capabilities prior to the primary process starting.
- Published
- Mar 24, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 41th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-732
Report tools
Action score
23
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 23 / 40 · 5.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.9
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 5.9
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mobyproject | moby | cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:moby |
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
| fedoraproject | fedora | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora |
| linuxfoundation | runc | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux11.0
- fedoraproject fedora34
- fedoraproject fedora35
- fedoraproject fedora36
- linuxfoundation runcbefore 1.1.2
- mobyproject mobybefore 20.10.14
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
moby moby
- < 20.10.14affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | containerd | before 1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u2 | 1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u2 |
| Debian:12 | containerd | before 1.6.2~ds1-1 | 1.6.2~ds1-1 |
| Go | github.com/docker/docker | before 20.10.14 | 20.10.14 |
| Go | github.com/docker/docker | before 20.10.14+incompatible | 20.10.14+incompatible |
| Go | github.com/moby/moby | before 20.10.14 | 20.10.14 |
| Go | github.com/moby/moby | before 20.10.14+incompatible | 20.10.14+incompatible |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | containerd | before 1.5.11-150000.68.1 | 1.5.11-150000.68.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | docker | before 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 | 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | docker-kubic | before 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 | 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | containerd | before 1.5.11-1.1 | 1.5.11-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | docker | before 20.10.14_ce-1.1 | 20.10.14_ce-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | runc | before 1.1.2-1.1 | 1.1.2-1.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 | containerd | before 1.5.11-16.57.1 | 1.5.11-16.57.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 | docker | before 20.10.14_ce-98.80.1 | 20.10.14_ce-98.80.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 | containerd | before 1.5.11-150000.68.1 | 1.5.11-150000.68.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 | docker | before 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 | 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 |
Same product
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- CVE-2024-36623moby through v25.0.3 has a Race Condition vulnerability in the streamformatter package which can be used to trigger multiple concurrent writ32Monitor
- CVE-2024-24557Moby classic builder cache poisoning31Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2021-41089Oct 4, 2021 · `docker cp` allows unexpected chmod of host files25Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2021-41091Oct 4, 2021 · Insufficiently restricted permissions on data directory in Docker Engine26Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-36109Sep 9, 2022 · Moby vulnerability relating to supplementary group permissions25Monitor
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 |
|---|---|---|
| debian:containerd | 1.6.2~ds1-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/docker/docker | 20.10.14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/docker/docker | 20.10.14+incompatible | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/moby/moby | 20.10.14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/moby/moby | 20.10.14+incompatible | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:containerd | 1.5.11-150000.68.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:docker | 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:docker-kubic | 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:runc | 1.1.2-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:containerd | 1.5.11-150000.68.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:containerd | 1.5.11-16.57.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:docker | 20.10.14_ce-150000.163.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:docker | 20.10.14_ce-98.80.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 | Package registry (OSV) |
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.
No credits in the CNA record.
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.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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)
- Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLsCAPEC-1likelihood: High · High
- Privilege AbuseCAPEC-122likelihood: High · Medium
- Directory IndexingCAPEC-127likelihood: High · Medium
- Using Malicious FilesCAPEC-17likelihood: High · Very High
- Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security LevelsCAPEC-180likelihood: High · Medium
- Signing Malicious CodeCAPEC-206Very High
- Hijacking a privileged processCAPEC-234Medium
- Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay)CAPEC-60likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
- File and Directory DiscoveryT1083
- Access Token Manipulation:Token Impersonation/TheftT1134.001
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLLT1505.005
- Abuse Elevation Control MechanismT1548
- Use Alternate Authentication Material:Web Session CookieT1550.004
- Subvert Trust Controls:Code SigningT1553.002
- Compromise Client Software BinaryT1554
- Hijack Execution Flow:Executable Installer File Permissions WeaknessT1574.005
- Hijack Execution Flow: ServicesFile Permissions WeaknessT1574.010
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- github.com/moby/moby/commit/2bbc786e4c59761d722d2d1518cd0a32829bc07f
- github.com/moby/moby/releases/tag/v20.10.14
- github.com/moby/moby/security/advisories/GHSA-2mm7-x5h6-5pvq
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6PMQKCAPK2AR3DCYITJYMMNBEGQBGLCC/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5AFKOQ5CE3CEIULWW4FLQKHFFU6FSYG/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5FQJ3MLFSEKQYCFPFZIKYGBXPZUJFVY/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPOJUJZXGMIVKRS4QR75F6OIXNQ6LDBL/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIMAHZ6AUIKN7AX26KHZYBXVECIOVWBH/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HQCVS7WBFSTKJFNX5PGDRARMTOFWV2O7/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-31
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5162
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.