CVE-2025-62161
criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Youki is a container runtime written in Rust. In versions 0.5.6 and below, the initial validation of the source /dev/null is insufficient, allowing container escape when youki utilizes bind mounting the container's /dev/null as a file mask. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.7.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 4.1–10
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8youki container escape via "masked path" abuse due to mount race conditions2025-11-05ghsa · osvUS
### Impact ### youki utilizes bind mounting the container's `/dev/null` as a file mask. When performing this operation, the initial validation of the source `/dev/null` was insufficient. Specifically, we initially failed to verify whether `/dev/null` was genuinely present. However, we did perform validation to ensure that the `/dev/null` path existed within the container, including checking for symbolic links. Additionally, there was a vulnerability in the timing between validation and the actual mount operation. As a result, by replacing `/dev/null` with a symbolic link, we can bind-mount arbitrary files from the host system. This is a different project, but the core logic is similar to the CVE in runc. Issues were identified in runc, and verification was also conducted in youki to confirm the problems. https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-9493-h29p-rfm2 ### Credits Thanks to Lei Wang (@ssst0n3 from Huawei) for finding and reporting the original runc's vulnerability (Attack 1), and Li Fubang (@lifubang from acmcoder.com, CIIC) for discovering another attack vector in runc (Attack 2) based on @ssst0n3's initial findings. Also, @cyphar helped youki in finding the problem.
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-62161cnnvd
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/5886c91073b9be748bd8d5aed49c4a820548030acnnvd
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8cnnvd
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/5886c91073b9be748bd8d5aed49c4a820548030aenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/5886c91073b9be748bd8d5aed49c4a820548030aPatchnvd
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8Vendor Advisorynvd
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