CVE-2025-52565

NameCVE-2025-52565
Descriptionrunc 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1120140

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
runc (PTS)bullseye1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u5vulnerable
bullseye (security)1.0.0~rc93+ds1-5+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)1.1.5+ds1-1+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie1.1.15+ds1-2vulnerable
forky, sid1.3.3+ds1-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
runcsourceexperimental1.3.3+ds1-1
runcsource(unstable)1.3.3+ds1-21120140

Notes

https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-qw9x-cqr3-wc7r
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/05/3

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