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CVE-2026-58053

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Description

Gitea act_runner with the Docker backend (through act 0.262.0) passes a workflow's container.options string to the Docker job container's HostConfig and, when configured with privileged: false, forces only the Privileged flag off while merging options such as --pid=host, --cap-add, and --security-opt unchanged. A user who can run a workflow on a Docker-backed runner can create a job container with host namespaces and broad capabilities and escape to the host as root despite privileged mode being disabled.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.4 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-28 02:16:32.420000
Last modified
2026-10-25 17:10:00.197000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-58053",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-06-28T02:16:32.420",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-25T17:10:00.197",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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    },
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      "value": "Gitea act_runner con el backend de Docker (a través de act 0.262.0) pasa una cadena container.options de un flujo de trabajo al HostConfig del contenedor de trabajo de Docker y, cuando se configura con privileged: false, fuerza la desactivación solo del indicador Privileged mientras fusiona opciones como --pid=host, --cap-add y --security-opt sin cambios. Un usuario que puede ejecutar un flujo de trabajo en un ejecutor respaldado por Docker puede crear un contenedor de trabajo con espacios de nombres de host y amplias capacidades y escapar al host como root a pesar de que el modo privilegiado esté deshabilitado."
    }
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