CVE-2025-65105 | Apptainer ineffective application of selinux and apparmor --security options

Apptainer is an open source container platform. In Apptainer versions less than 1.4.5, a container can disable two of the forms of the little used --security option, in particular the forms --security=apparmor:<profile> and --security=selinux:<label> which otherwise put restrictions on operations that containers can do. The --security option has always been mentioned in Apptainer documentation as being a feature for the root user, although these forms do also work for unprivileged users on systems where the corresponding feature is enabled. Apparmor is enabled by default on Debian-based distributions and SElinux is enabled by default on RHEL-based distributions, but on SUSE it depends on the distribution version. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.4.5.

Published: 2025-12-02 Last update: 2025-12-05 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-65105 is rated Low Risk (18.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-65105

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-03 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-65105

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.0 3.4 [email protected]
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-65105

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-65105

GHSA-j3rw-fx6g-q46j · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Apptainer ineffectively applies selinux and apparmor --security options

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-65105

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2025-65105: 1 source package rows (apptainer); 27 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 2, open 25. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-65105
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-65105 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apptainer), 2 status rows across 2 suites (forky, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-65105
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-65105
suse medium CVE-2025-65105 severity moderate: SUSE including 12 source package names (apptainer-1.4.5-1.1, apptainer-1.4.5-150600.4.12.1, …), 21 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS, openSUSE Leap 15.6, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 21. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-65105/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-65105 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apptainer), 5 status rows across 5 suites (jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-65105

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-65105

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lfprojects apptainer < 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:apptainer:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

References for CVE-2025-65105

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