ALPINE-CVE-2026-78408

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-78408
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-78408.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-78408
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-78408
Published
2026-09-02T16:17:23.687Z
Modified
2026-09-05T14:30:02.735329594Z
Severity
  • 7.9 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The nsenter --join-cgroup option opens the target cgroup.procs file as root and leaves that file descriptor open across later namespace and credential changes and across execve(). Because the kernel checks later cgroup migrations using the credentials from the original open, a program run in an attacker-controlled target can inherit root's ability to move host processes between cgroups. After a privileged operator uses --join-cgroup against that target, an unprivileged user can migrate and terminate unrelated root processes.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.22 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.41.6-r1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-78408.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.41.6-r1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-78408.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.42.3-r1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-78408.json"