CVE-2026-41579

Public on 2026-06-17
Modified on 2026-06-17
Description
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. (from https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-xjvp-4fhw-gc47)
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra ecs-init Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 ecs-init Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra runc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra runc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra runc Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 runc Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N