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Date Published
Author
Jamie Smith
Word count
1729
Language
English
Hacker News points
41

Summary

The Leaky Vessels vulnerabilities, identified by Snyk's Security Labs team, are four container escape vulnerabilities in core container infrastructure components that allow unauthorized access to the underlying host operating system. An attacker could use these container escapes to gain access to sensitive data and launch further attacks. The vulnerabilities were disclosed responsibly by Snyk, with Docker and other vendors subsequently releasing patches. To mitigate these vulnerabilities, users should upgrade their systems running container engines and build tools as soon as fixes are released by their providers. Two open source tools, leaky-vessels-runtime-detector and leaky-vessels-static-detector, have been released to aid in exploit detection. The Snyk Security Labs team has extensive experience with responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities across various ecosystems, and users can reach out to them for assistance if they find a potential vulnerability.