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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-65105

Apptainer is an open source container platform.

Published Dec 2, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · Apptainer is an open

Open the advisory

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-65105. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Apptainer is an open with the linked advisory before you change production.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Apptainer is an open).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
  • EPSS is missing. A missing score is not a low risk.
Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
Awaiting synchronization with FIRST
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe lfprojects/apptainer

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: and --security=selinux: 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.

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  • cpe lfprojects/apptainerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-65105

  • Recommended remediation

    A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-65105. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Apptainer is an open with the linked advisory before you change production.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-61; CWE-706. EPSS is not on this record yet. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 2, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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: and --security=selinux: which otherwise put restrictions on operations that containers can do. The --security option has always been mentioned in Apptainer documentation as being a feature

  2. Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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: and --security=selinux: which otherwise put restrictions on operations that containers can do. The --security option has always been mentioned in Apptainer documentation as being a feature

Sources

  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-65105

    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: and --security=selinux: which otherwise put restricti

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.