Vulnerability in Opencontainers Runc
CVE-2025-52565
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/p…
EPSS: 0.000 (7.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Opencontainers Runc — versions >= 1.0.0-rc3, < 1.2.8, >= 1.3.0-rc.1, < 1.3.3, >= 1.4.0-rc.1, < 1.4.0-rc.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-qw9x-cqr3-wc7r (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/01de9d65dc72f67b256ef03f9bfb795a2bf143b4 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/398955bccb7f20565c224a3064d331c19e422398 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/531ef794e4ecd628006a865ad334a048ee2b4b2e (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/9be1dbf4ac67d9840a043ebd2df5c68f36705d1d (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/aee7d3fe355dd02939d44155e308ea0052e0d53a (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/db19bbed5348847da433faa9d69e9f90192bfa64 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/de87203e625cd7a27141fb5f2ad00a320c69c5e8 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/ff94f9991bd32076c871ef0ad8bc1b763458e480 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-52565?
- CVE-2025-52565 is a vulnerability in Opencontainers Runc, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. Published 2025-11-06.
- Is CVE-2025-52565 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.