Container escape
A process breaking out of its container boundary to affect the underlying host.
Learn it through a story
- A Container Is Not a Castle (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 10)
Related terms
- Collective risk When one person's unsafe habit can end up affecting a whole group or community.
- Confidentiality Ensuring only authorised people can see or access information.
- Consent A clear, specific agreement to a particular use of your data, not a vague blanket approval.
- Containment Isolating an infected device to stop an attack from spreading further.
- Credential The username-and-password (or similar) pair that lets you into an account.
- Credential reuse Using the same password on more than one account.