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CVE-2025-54867 Detail

Description

Youki is a container runtime written in Rust. Prior to version 0.5.5, if /proc and /sys in the rootfs are symbolic links, they can potentially be exploited to gain access to the host root filesystem. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.5.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-54867
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/15/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.