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:<profile> and --security=selinux:<label> 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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GHSA-j3rw-fx6g-q46j | Apptainer ineffectively applies selinux and apparmor --security options |
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| 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:<profile> and --security=selinux:<label> 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. | |
| Title | Apptainer ineffective application of selinux and apparmor --security options | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-61 CWE-706 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-02T18:46:30.677Z
Reserved: 2025-11-17T20:55:34.693Z
Link: CVE-2025-65105
Updated: 2025-12-02T18:44:08.681Z
Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-02T18:15:48.947
Modified: 2025-12-02T18:15:48.947
Link: CVE-2025-65105
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