CVE-2023-7258Network attack vector

Sandbox termination via unmounted mount propagation

Published May 15, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024

Denial of service in Google gVisor allows attackers to kill a sandbox by performing privileged mount operations inside it. The VFS propagation path treats a lazily unmounted mount as valid, propagates it, and mishandles references until the Sentry panics. Exploitation requires root within the sandbox and permission to mount volumes; affected Git commits start at 0b983ff832b175e406f4f9b1a3868457bb1ceb7b and end before 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6.

CVSS severity4.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Denial of service in Google gVisor allows attackers to kill a sandbox by performing privileged mount operations inside it. The VFS propagation path treats a lazily unmounted mount as valid, propagates it, and mishandles references until the Sentry panics. Exploitation requires root within the sandbox and permission to mount volumes; affected Git commits start at 0b983ff832b175e406f4f9b1a3868457bb1ceb7b and end before 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-7258
Published
May 15, 2024
Updated
Aug 2, 2024
Vendor
Google
Product
gVisor
Classifications
CWE-400, CAPEC-234, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0b983ff832b175e406f4f9b1a3868457bb1ceb7b <6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Google · gVisorversion=0b983ff832b175e406f4f9b1a3868457bb1ceb7b <6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6

Published CVSS scores

4.8GoogleCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CAPEC-234Hijacking a Privileged Process
T1499.004Application or System Exploitation

Public exploit references

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Technologies

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