Mitigating Container Escape Threats Through Effective Countermeasures: A Survey
Nada Barnawi, Razan AITooq, Mohammed Almukaynizi · Proceedings of the World Congress on Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems and Science · 2024
The growing prevalence of container escape threats poses a significant challenge in the domain of cloud computing and containerized environments.This paper conducts a comprehensive review of existing literature to examine these threats and identify effective countermeasures.It underscores the criticality of profile misconfiguration and vulnerabilities in the container runtime as primary sources of risk within containerized environments.Profile misconfiguration arises when container settings are improperly configured, while vulnerabilities in the container runtime expose systems to exploitation.The paper also explores various countermeasures, including best practices for mitigating container escape threats and the utilization of tools and techniques for bolstering security.Ultimately, it emphasizes that by recognizing the potential risks and diligently implementing suggested countermeasures, organizations can substantially fortify the security posture of their containerized environments.