A technical analysis of container secret vulnerabilities, where `/run/secrets` directories remain readable to any process with filesystem access. The author explores potential mitigations (environment variables, tmpfs mounting) but concludes existing workarounds are insufficient, prompting community input on more secure approaches.
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Surely there must be a way to make container secrets less dangerous?
Container `/run/secrets` directories remain readable by any process with filesystem access, exposing a fundamental architectural weakness in containerized secret management that standard mitigations fail to adequately address.
Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: LobstersBY sys://pipeline
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