Apptainer ineffective application of selinux and apparmor --security options
Description
Apptainer is an open source container platform. In Apptainer versions less than 1.4.5, a container can disable two of the forms of the little used --security option, in particular the forms --security=apparmor: and --security=selinux: which otherwise put restrictions on operations that containers can do. The --security option has always been mentioned in Apptainer documentation as being a feature for the root user, although these forms do also work for unprivileged users on systems where the corresponding feature is enabled. Apparmor is enabled by default on Debian-based distributions and SElinux is enabled by default on RHEL-based distributions, but on SUSE it depends on the distribution version. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.5.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/apptainer/apptainerGo | < 1.4.5 | 1.4.5 |
Affected products
11- ghsa-coords10 versionspkg:golang/github.com/apptainer/apptainerpkg:rpm/opensuse/apptainer&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/apptainer&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/squashfuse&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/apptainer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/apptainer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/squashfuse&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/squashfuse&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSS
< 1.4.5+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.5-150600.4.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.5-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20251209T172047-150000.1.127.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.0-150600.3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.5-150600.4.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.5-150600.4.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20251209T172047-150000.1.127.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.0-150600.3.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.5.0-150600.3.2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3rw-fx6g-q46jghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65105ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/apptainer/apptainer/commit/4313b42717e18a4add7dd7503528bc15af905981ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/apptainer/apptainer/commit/82f17900a0c31bc769bf9b4612d271c7068d8bf2ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/apptainer/apptainer/pull/3226ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/apptainer/apptainer/security/advisories/GHSA-j3rw-fx6g-q46jghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
- github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-cgrx-mc8f-2prmghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/sylabs/singularity/security/advisories/GHSA-wwrx-w7c9-rf87ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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