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Insights-runtime-extractor: insights-runtime-extractor: container escape via privileged binary execution

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The insights-runtime-extractor runs as a privileged DaemonSet (`hostPID: true`) that scans container processes for runtime fingerprinting. When scanning a container, the coordinator: 1. **fork()s** a child process 2. **setns()** into the target container's PID and mount namespaces 3. **fchdir()** back to an orphaned FD pointing at the extractor's own root filesystem (where `/crio.sock` is hostPath-mounted) 4. Calls **only `seteuid(target_uid)`** — changing the effective UID but leaving the **real UID and saved-set-UID at 0** and **retaining the permitted capability set** 5. The `check_no_privileged_perms()` guard inspects only the Effective capability set (so it passes), and is **skipped entirely when the target runs as uid 0** 6. The `VersionExecutable` fingerprint invokes `fpr_kind_executable` with `process.command_line[0]` — the target's argv[0], read from `/proc//cmdline` and **fully controlled by the workload** 7. `fpr_kind_executable` calls `exec.Command(executable, "--version").Output()` — executing the **workload's own binary** inside the workload's mount namespace while **ruid=0 in the host user namespace** The executed process can call `setuid(0)` to restore full root with `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`, and inherits the orphaned cwd which resolves into the extractor container's filesystem containing the host CRI-O socket. ## Affected Code ### 1. Insufficient privilege drop (Rust — extractor coordinator) **File:** `extractor/src/insights_runtime_extractor.rs` ```rust // Lines 139-

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CVE-2026-104795

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-104795

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.21::el9"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "1792008935",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "openshift4/insights-runtime-extractor-rhel9",
    "collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-104795

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high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

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#42153 · Revision 1
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