runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. In versions prior to 1.3.6, 1.4.0-rc.1, 1.4.0-rc.12, 1.5.0-rc.1, and 1.5.0-rc.1, when setting up the container rootfs, setupPtmx and setupDevSymlinks call os.Remove and os.Symlink with a filepath.Join string which allow an image with /dev as a symlink to trick runc into deleting files called ptmx on the host or creating a hardcoded set of symlinks with specific names and targets in an arbitrary pre-existing host directory. This issue is not exploitable under Docker, because Docker creates a top-level read-only layer that masks any malicious /dev symlink present in the container image — unlike some other Linux container tooling, whose higher-level runtimes built on runc remain exposed to exploitation via a malicious image. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.3.6, 1.4.3 and 1.5.0.
References
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| https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/864db8042dbb | Patch |
| https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-xjvp-4fhw-gc47 | Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
02 Jul 2026, 19:36
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:1.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation runc |
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| References | () https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/864db8042dbb - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-xjvp-4fhw-gc47 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
01 Jul 2026, 02:17
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-07-01 02:17
Updated : 2026-07-02 19:36
NVD link : CVE-2026-41579
Mitre link : CVE-2026-41579
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41579
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linuxfoundation
- runc
CWE
CWE-61
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
