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CVE-2024-21626Proof of concept (PoC) published · CISA

runc container breakout through process.cwd trickery and leaked fds

CVSS score

8.6

EPSS probability

%18.9

Risk score

1.6

Published

2 y ago

Public Exploits · GitHub and Metasploit Intelligence

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ghs053020-stack/cve-2024-21626

Public PoCSource updated: 15.10.2026 00:54:56

University laboratory demonstrating a reproducible container security scenario, including environment setup, technical analysis, demonstration, verification, and mitigation strategies.

Public PoCSource updated: 01.10.2026 15:12:36

Controlled reproduction environment for CVE-2024-21626 (runc container escape). Demonstrates container isolation failure, host reconnaissance, and controlled host executable replacement in an isolated Docker lab.

Public PoCSource updated: 29.09.2026 19:14:16

PoC for CVE-2024-21626: runc leaks an internal fd referencing the host CWD before pivot_root, enabling container escape by setting process.cwd to /proc/self/fd/7

Public PoCSource updated: 31.05.2026 05:56:56

Root cuase & Proof Of Code

Public PoCSource updated: 30.12.2025 08:11:25

POC

Public PoCSource updated: 27.05.2025 17:08:55

Sk3pper/CVE-2024-21626

Public PoCSource updated: 10.11.2024 17:55:38

Sk3pper/CVE-2024-21626-old-docker-versions

Public PoCSource updated: 08.11.2024 14:53:54

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