Container Escape

Definitions

1. An exploit or misconfiguration that allows code running inside a container to break isolation boundaries and interact with the host or other containers more broadly than intended. Container escapes are serious because they turn one workload compromise into infrastructure-level risk.

   In plain English: A security failure that lets code break out of a container and reach the host system.

   Example: "The vulnerability created a container escape path from the build runner into the host."

Related Terms

• Air-Gapped Network
• Data Diode
• Encoded Payload
• Exploit Development
• Exploit Kit
• Firmware Exploitation
• Kubernetes Security
• Snapshot Isolation
• App Sandboxing
• Credential Guard
• Hypervisor Escape