CVE-2026-47766

crun follows rootfs /dev symlink while creating default devices

State
Published
Severity
5.1 Medium
Published
Aug 14, 2026
Updated
Aug 14, 2026
Reserved
May 19, 2026

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Description

crun is an open source OCI Container Runtime fully written in C. Prior to version 1.28, crun's default device setup opens the container rootfs `/dev` directory without `O_NOFOLLOW`. If an OCI bundle contains `rootfs/dev` as a symlink and the bundle configuration does not mount `/dev`, crun follows that symlink and creates the default device nodes and stdio symlinks at the symlink target outside the container rootfs. In a local rootful crun replay, this created fixed device nodes and symlinks outside the rootfs before crun returned failure. A pre-existing file named `ptmx` in the target directory was also replaced by crun's forced `ptmx -> pts/ptmx` symlink. Version 1.28 fixes the issue.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.1 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Affected Products

ProductVersions
cruncontainers
  • < 1.28Affected

References

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