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CVE-2025-52565

Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/11/2025
Last modified:
03/12/2025

Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Versions 1.0.0-rc3 through 1.2.7, 1.3.0-rc.1 through 1.3.2, and 1.4.0-rc.1 through 1.4.0-rc.2, due to insufficient checks when bind-mounting `/dev/pts/$n` to `/dev/console` inside the container, an attacker can trick runc into bind-mounting paths which would normally be made read-only or be masked onto a path that the attacker can write to. This attack is very similar in concept and application to CVE-2025-31133, except that it attacks a similar vulnerability in a different target (namely, the bind-mount of `/dev/pts/$n` to `/dev/console` as configured for all containers that allocate a console). This happens after `pivot_root(2)`, so this cannot be used to write to host files directly -- however, as with CVE-2025-31133, this can load to denial of service of the host or a container breakout by providing the attacker with a writable copy of `/proc/sysrq-trigger` or `/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern` (respectively). This issue is fixed in versions 1.2.8, 1.3.3 and 1.4.0-rc.3.

Impact

Vector 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Passsive
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High

Base Score 4.0
8.40
Severity 4.0
HIGH
Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0.1 (including) 1.2.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.3.0 (including) 1.3.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc90:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc91:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc92:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc93:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc94:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.0.0:rc95:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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