High
Security advisory
libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric username in the password file in a container.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-3697
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric username in the password file in a container.
osv:CVE-2016-3697
Complete source record
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