DEBIAN-CVE-2025-52565
runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. Versions 1.0.0-rc3 through 1.2.7, 1.3.0-rc.1 through 1.3.2, and 1.4.0-rc.1 through 1.4.0-rc.2, due to insufficient checks when bind-mounting `/dev/pts/$n` to `/dev/console` inside the container, an attacker can trick runc into bind-mounting paths which would normally be made read-only or be masked onto a path that the attacker can write to. This attack is very similar in concept and application to CVE-2025-31133, except that it attacks a similar vulnerability in a different target (namely, the bind-mount of `/dev/pts/$n` to `/dev/console` as configured for all containers that allocate a console). This happens after `pivot_root(2)`, so this cannot be used to write to host files directly -- however, as with CVE-2025-31133, this can load to denial of service of the host or a container breakout by providing the attacker with a writable copy of `/proc/sysrq-trigger` or `/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern` (respectively). This issue is fixed in versions 1.2.8, 1.3.3 and 1.4.0-rc.3.
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | runc | 0, 1.3.3+ds1, 1.3.2+ds1 |
| Debian:11 | runc | *, 1.1.3+ds1-7, 1.1.4+ds1-1 |
| Debian:13 | runc | 1.1.15+ds1, 0, 1.3.5+ds1-1 |
| Debian:12 | runc | 1.3.3+ds1-3, 1.3.5+ds1-1, * |
Exploit Intelligence
- tty.rs (github-poc)
Timeline
- Nov 6, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated