CVE-2025-31133 HIGH

CVE-2025-31133: runc container escape via "masked path" abuse due to mount race conditions

Vendor Opencontainers
Product runc
Weakness CWE-61
Published November 6, 2025
Last update November 6, 2025

CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification. In versions 1.2.7 and below, 1.3.0-rc.1 through 1.3.1, 1.4.0-rc.1 and 1.4.0-rc.2 files, runc would not perform sufficient verification that the source of the bind-mount (i.e., the container's /dev/null) was actually a real /dev/null inode when using the container's /dev/null to mask. This exposes two methods of attack: an arbitrary mount gadget, leading to host information disclosure, host denial of service, container escape, or a bypassing of maskedPaths. This issue is fixed in versions 1.2.8, 1.3.3 and 1.4.0-rc.3.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 6, 2025 CVE published
November 6, 2025 Record updated