VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-3697

high
Published 2016-06-01 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
7.8

Description

libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric username in the password file in a container.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3697

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3697.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0
suse suse13.2affected

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/opencontainers/runc<0.1.00.1.0

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
docker dockerdocker{"endIncluding":"1.11.1"}
linuxfoundationrunc{"endIncluding":"0.0.9"}

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.