Description
A flaw was found in crun. When crun is built with libkrun and a container is started rootful with passt networking (krun.use_passt), crun can execute attacker-controlled payload from the container image with host root privileges. The issue is a regression in crun 1.29. It affects crun >= 1.29
Published: 2026-09-10
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Do not run untrusted images with krun and passt until a fixed crun is released.

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History

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A flaw was found in crun. When crun is built with libkrun and a container is started rootful with passt networking (krun.use_passt), crun can execute attacker-controlled payload from the container image with host root privileges. The issue is a regression in crun 1.29. It affects crun >= 1.29
Title Crun: crun: rootful krun with passt executes container payload as host root
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-269
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Redhat Hummingbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-10T17:36:01.879Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T03:55:17.620Z

Link: CVE-2026-84042

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T17:34:06.864Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-10T09:17:03.260

Modified: 2026-09-10T18:18:08.943

Link: CVE-2026-84042

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-84042 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-10T09:30:10Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management