Description
Description

When launching a Docker or OCI worker, the setuid-root `worker-launcher` first changes ownership of the
entire worker directory to the untrusted topology user, and only afterwards reads and acts on the command
file that the supervisor wrote into that same directory. The file is opened without `O_NOFOLLOW` and without
re-verifying its owner, so between the ownership change and the read the tenant can replace its contents.

For the Docker path the parsed command is executed with real uid 0, and the command sanitiser is not a
privilege boundary: it admits `-v` with an arbitrary source, `--device`, `--cap-add`, `--security-opt`,
`--user` and `--net`, and copies positional arguments through verbatim. A rewritten file therefore yields an
attacker-authored, root-equivalent container invocation with the host filesystem available.

For the OCI path the same rewrite window applies, and mount validation is structural only, with no
source or destination allow-list, so arbitrary host paths can be bind-mounted read-write into the
container. The `username` field of the command file is likewise attacker-settable and is checked only
against non-root and minimum-uid rules, permitting execution as another tenant's uid.

Mitigation

Upgrade to 3.1.0, where the command file is validated before the ownership change and re-verified on open,
and where mount sources and destinations are constrained by configuration.

Users who cannot upgrade immediately should disable Docker and OCI worker isolation, or restrict topology
submission on affected supervisors to trusted principals. Note that the launcher must be rebuilt and
reinstalled after upgrading.

Credit

The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Storm.
Published: 2026-09-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description Description When launching a Docker or OCI worker, the setuid-root `worker-launcher` first changes ownership of the entire worker directory to the untrusted topology user, and only afterwards reads and acts on the command file that the supervisor wrote into that same directory. The file is opened without `O_NOFOLLOW` and without re-verifying its owner, so between the ownership change and the read the tenant can replace its contents. For the Docker path the parsed command is executed with real uid 0, and the command sanitiser is not a privilege boundary: it admits `-v` with an arbitrary source, `--device`, `--cap-add`, `--security-opt`, `--user` and `--net`, and copies positional arguments through verbatim. A rewritten file therefore yields an attacker-authored, root-equivalent container invocation with the host filesystem available. For the OCI path the same rewrite window applies, and mount validation is structural only, with no source or destination allow-list, so arbitrary host paths can be bind-mounted read-write into the container. The `username` field of the command file is likewise attacker-settable and is checked only against non-root and minimum-uid rules, permitting execution as another tenant's uid. Mitigation Upgrade to 3.1.0, where the command file is validated before the ownership change and re-verified on open, and where mount sources and destinations are constrained by configuration. Users who cannot upgrade immediately should disable Docker and OCI worker isolation, or restrict topology submission on affected supervisors to trusted principals. Note that the launcher must be rebuilt and reinstalled after upgrading. Credit The ASF -- found using Claude agents to study the security of open-source projects, validated and reported by Apache Storm.
Title Apache Storm Worker Launcher: Local Privilege Escalation to Root via Container Command Files Chowned to the Tenant
Weaknesses CWE-367
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T20:00:53.152Z

Reserved: 2026-08-29T10:18:19.828Z

Link: CVE-2026-82430

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-14T15:13:47.599Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-14T15:17:09.930

Modified: 2026-09-14T20:58:48.430

Link: CVE-2026-82430

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