Critical severity · published Jun 28, 2026
CVE-2026-58053
Gitea act_runner - Container Hardening Bypass via Workflow Container Options
9.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea act_runner with the Docker backend (through act 0.262.0) passes a workflow's container.options string to the Docker job container's HostConfig and, when configured with privileged: false, forces only the Privileged flag off while merging options such as --pid=host, --cap-add, and --security-opt unchanged. A user who can run a workflow on a Docker-backed runner can create a job container with host namespaces and broad capabilities and escape to the host as root despite privileged mode being disabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
act_runner · Gitea
through 0.262.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58053
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58053
github.com
https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium/tree/main/gitea-act-runner-container-options-poc
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gitea-act-runner-container-hardening-bypass-via-workflow-container-options
