CVE-2026-47766

crun follows rootfs /dev symlink while creating default devices

MEDIUM
5.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 14, 2026 at 04:16 PM UTC
Updated: September 18, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCrun

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Severity
MEDIUM5.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

crun is an open source OCI Container Runtime fully written in C. Prior to version 1.28, crun's default device setup opens the container rootfs `/dev` directory without `O_NOFOLLOW`. If an OCI bundle contains `rootfs/dev` as a symlink and the bundle configuration does not mount `/dev`, crun follows that symlink and creates the default device nodes and stdio symlinks at the symlink target outside the container rootfs. In a local rootful crun replay, this created fixed device nodes and symlinks outside the rootfs before crun returned failure. A pre-existing file named `ptmx` in the target directory was also replaced by crun's forced `ptmx -> pts/ptmx` symlink. Version 1.28 fixes the issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.28
Affected range stops below 1.28, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.1MEDIUMGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-61

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