CVE-2023-7258

A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox. We recommend upgrading past commit 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6	Patch
https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:google:gvisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-05-15 17:15

Updated : 2025-07-22 21:06

NVD link : CVE-2023-7258

Mitre link : CVE-2023-7258

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-7258

JSON object : View

Products Affected

google

gvisor

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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