CVE-2025-54867 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Youki Project	Youki

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5
https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw

History

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Youki Project Youki Project youki
Vendors & Products		Youki Project Youki Project youki

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		Youki Symlink Following Vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-61
References		https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/0d9b4f2aa5ceaf988f3eb568711d2acf0a4ace37 https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/releases/tag/v0.5.5 https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-j26p-6wx7-f3pw
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-08-14T16:08:00.622Z

Updated: 2025-08-14T19:26:11.541Z

Reserved: 2025-07-31T17:23:33.472Z

Link: CVE-2025-54867

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-14T18:43:09.441Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-14T16:15:39.933

Modified: 2025-08-15T13:12:51.217

Link: CVE-2025-54867

Redhat

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