High-severity vulnerability in a GitHub library

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[TLP:CLEAR] High-severity vulnerability in a GitHub library

a high-severity vulnerability was discovered in a GitHub library [1]. The vulnerability was fixed in versions 5.30.1 and 5.29.3 [2]. A fix was also released for Apptainer in version 1.3.2 [3].

github/containers/image library - (CVE-2024-3727)

CVSS 8.3 (High)

An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger unauthorized authenticated accesses to registries on behalf of the victim, which may cause resource exhaustion, local path traversal and other attacks [2].

The vulnerability is present in products:

github.com/containers/image; < 5.30.1; >= 5.30.0, < 5.30.1; < 5.29.3
Apptainer; <1.3.2

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

More information:

CVE-2024-3727 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-354 at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 14. 5. 2024.

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By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Michaela Jarošová on 3. 6. 2024.

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[TLP:CLEAR] High-severity vulnerability in a GitHub library

github/containers/image library - (CVE-2024-3727)

CVSS 8.3 (High)

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