CVE-2016-9962

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Published 2017-01-31 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
6.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.4
VIR risk
6.4

Description

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
64%
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-2016-9962

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9962.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/50a19c6ff828c58e5dab13830bd3dacde268afe5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/docker/docker/releases/tag/v1.12.6

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-19

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-11

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed1.0.0rc5+19+g69663f0b-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.13.1~ds1-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1.13.1~ds1-2
debian debianforkyfixed1.13.1~ds1-2
debian debiansidfixed1.13.1~ds1-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1.13.1~ds1-2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/opencontainers/runc<1.0.0-rc31.0.0-rc3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
docker dockerdocker{"startIncluding":"1.11.0","endExcluding":"1.12.6"}1.12.6

References

CWEs

CWE-362

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