Alpine Linux A linux distribution popular for use in docker containers due to its small size.
By the Year
In 2023 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in Alpine Linux . Last year Alpine Linux had 1 security vulnerability published. Right now, Alpine Linux is on track to have less security vulnerabilities in 2023 than it did last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 9.80 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 8.80 |
It may take a day or so for new Alpine Linux vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Alpine Linux Security Vulnerabilities
The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected
CVE-2022-22704
9.8 - Critical
- January 06, 2022
The zabbix-agent2 package before 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux sometimes allows privilege escalation to root because the design incorrectly expected that systemd would (in effect) determine part of the configuration.
Improper Privilege Management
Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager)
CVE-2018-1000849
8.8 - High
- December 20, 2018
Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.
Improper Input Validation
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