CVE-2025-54867 (GCVE-0-2025-54867)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-14 16:08
Modified
2025-08-14 19:26
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
youki-dev youki Version: < 0.5.5
 Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2025-54867",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "total"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2025-08-14T18:43:03.915598Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-08-14T19:26:11.541Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "youki",
          "vendor": "youki-dev",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c 0.5.5"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 7,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-61",
              "description": "CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-08-14T16:08:00.622Z",
        "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "shortName": "GitHub_M"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "advisory": "GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "Youki Symlink Following Vulnerability"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
    "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
    "cveId": "CVE-2025-54867",
    "datePublished": "2025-08-14T16:08:00.622Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-07-31T17:23:33.472Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-08-14T19:26:11.541Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2025-54867\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"published\":\"2025-08-14T16:15:39.933\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-08-15T13:12:51.217\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Awaiting Analysis\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"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\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":7.0,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"attackComplexity\":\"HIGH\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"LOW\",\"userInteraction\":\"NONE\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":1.0,\"impactScore\":5.9}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-61\"}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\"},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\"},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\"}]}}",
    "vulnrichment": {
      "containers": "{\"adp\": [{\"title\": \"CISA ADP Vulnrichment\", \"metrics\": [{\"other\": {\"type\": \"ssvc\", \"content\": {\"id\": \"CVE-2025-54867\", \"role\": \"CISA Coordinator\", \"options\": [{\"Exploitation\": \"none\"}, {\"Automatable\": \"no\"}, {\"Technical Impact\": \"total\"}], \"version\": \"2.0.3\", \"timestamp\": \"2025-08-14T18:43:03.915598Z\"}}}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\", \"shortName\": \"CISA-ADP\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-08-14T18:43:09.441Z\"}}], \"cna\": {\"title\": \"Youki Symlink Following Vulnerability\", \"source\": {\"advisory\": \"GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw\", \"discovery\": \"UNKNOWN\"}, \"metrics\": [{\"cvssV3_1\": {\"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"version\": \"3.1\", \"baseScore\": 7, \"attackVector\": \"LOCAL\", \"baseSeverity\": \"HIGH\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\", \"integrityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"userInteraction\": \"NONE\", \"attackComplexity\": \"HIGH\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"HIGH\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"LOW\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"HIGH\"}}], \"affected\": [{\"vendor\": \"youki-dev\", \"product\": \"youki\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"\u003c 0.5.5\"}]}], \"references\": [{\"url\": \"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw\", \"name\": \"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw\", \"tags\": [\"x_refsource_CONFIRM\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37\", \"name\": \"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37\", \"tags\": [\"x_refsource_MISC\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5\", \"name\": \"https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5\", \"tags\": [\"x_refsource_MISC\"]}], \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"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.\"}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-61\", \"description\": \"CWE-61: UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa\", \"shortName\": \"GitHub_M\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-08-14T16:08:00.622Z\"}}}",
      "cveMetadata": "{\"cveId\": \"CVE-2025-54867\", \"state\": \"PUBLISHED\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-08-14T19:26:11.541Z\", \"dateReserved\": \"2025-07-31T17:23:33.472Z\", \"assignerOrgId\": \"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa\", \"datePublished\": \"2025-08-14T16:08:00.622Z\", \"assignerShortName\": \"GitHub_M\"}",
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
      "dataVersion": "5.1"
    }
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.