Is CVE-2023-38496 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-38496 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-38496?

CVE-2023-38496 has a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2023-38496?

Patch guidance is available from lfprojects security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2023-38496.

CVE-2023-38496 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2023-38496?

2 products: lfprojects apptainer, lfprojects apptainer.

Description

Apptainer is an open source container platform. Version 1.2.0-rc.2 introduced an ineffective privilege drop when requesting container network setup, therefore subsequent functions are called with root privileges, the attack surface is rather limited for users but an attacker could possibly craft a starter config to delete any directory on the host filesystems. A security fix has been included in Apptainer 1.2.1. There is no known workaround outside of upgrading to Apptainer 1.2.1.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management CWE-271NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor: LFPROJECTS
Published: 7/25/2023
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

lfprojects : apptainerlfprojects : apptainer

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2023-38496. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2023-38496

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CVE-2023-38496 vulnerability