Three Bypasses of Ubuntu's Unprivileged User Namespace Restrictions

2025-03-29
Three Bypasses of Ubuntu's Unprivileged User Namespace Restrictions

Qualys Security Advisory details three bypasses discovered in Ubuntu 24.04's unprivileged user namespace restrictions. Attackers can leverage default tools like aa-exec and busybox, or use LD_PRELOAD to gain administrator privileges within a namespace, circumventing security measures. These exploits take advantage of AppArmor profiles that allow creating namespaces with full capabilities, potentially enabling exploitation of kernel vulnerabilities requiring privileges like CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_NET_ADMIN.

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Python's Official Docs Contain Textbook XSS Vulnerability

2025-02-23
Python's Official Docs Contain Textbook XSS Vulnerability

Security researcher Georgi Guninski discovered a critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in a code example within the Python 3.12 official documentation's CGI module. The vulnerability stems from directly outputting user-supplied form data without any sanitization. This poses a significant risk to Python web development and potentially impacts AI-generated code like that from ChatGPT and Deepseek. While the CGI module is removed in Python 3.13, a substantial amount of legacy code remains vulnerable.

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