CVE-2025-62161

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.

CVSS v3 10.0 CRITICAL

10.0^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/5886c91073b9be748bd8d5aed49c4a820548030a	Patch
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:youki-dev:youki:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

History

10 Nov 2025, 18:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:youki-dev:youki::::::rust::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 10.0
References	~~() https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/5886c91073b9be748bd8d5aed49c4a820548030a -~~	() https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/5886c91073b9be748bd8d5aed49c4a820548030a - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8 -~~	() https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8 - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Youki-dev Youki-dev youki

06 Nov 2025, 00:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-11-06 00:15

Updated : 2025-11-10 18:13

NVD link : CVE-2025-62161

Mitre link : CVE-2025-62161

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-62161

JSON object : View

Products Affected

youki-dev

youki

CWE

CWE-61

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

CWE-363

Race Condition Enabling Link Following

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