{
    "id": "CVE-2016-8649",
    "published": "2017-05-01 06:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:54:44",
    "cvss_score": "9.1",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "description": "lxc-attach in LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 allows an attacker inside of an unprivileged container to use an inherited file descriptor, of the host's /proc, to access the rest of the host's filesystem via the openat() family of syscalls.",
    "epss_score": "0.02813",
    "epss_percentile": "0.86154",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linuxcontainers",
            "product": "lxc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94498",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242",
        "https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165c",
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94498",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242",
        "https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165c",
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649"
    ]
}