A directory traversal vulnerability was found in the ClairCore engine of Clair. An attacker can exploit this by supplying a crafted container image which, when scanned by Clair, allows for arbitrary file write on the filesystem, potentially allowing for remote code execution.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3762
- https://github.com/quay/clair/pull/1379
- https://github.com/quay/clair/pull/1380
- https://github.com/quay/claircore/pull/478
- https://github.com/quay/claircore/commit/691f2023a1720a0579e688b69a2f4bfe1f4b7821
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2000795
- https://vulmon.com/exploitdetails?qidtp=maillist_oss_security&qid=d19fce9ede06e13dfb5630ece7f14f83
- https://github.com/quay/claircore/commit/dff671c665141f126c072de8a744855d4916c9c7
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq47-6wwv-v79w