Hotdog Container Escape

published 2022-04-19 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-26453

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits: 0; none known

Hotdog, prior to v1.0.1, did not mimic the capabilities or the SELinux label of the target JVM process. This would allow a container to gain full privileges on the host, bypassing restrictions set on the container.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

Amazon Web Services Hotdog 1.0.1

unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities advisory

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

unit42.paloaltonetworks.com https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Amazon Web Services Hotdog

Classification

Weakness

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

unit42.paloaltonetworks.com /aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities
exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /bottlerocket-os/hotdog/security/advisories/GHSA-qfhv-c5cc-mhgp
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-3101
NVD CVE-2021-3101

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary