Upstream information

CVE-2026-88265 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in crun. After pivot_root, reopening /dev/null for stdio can follow a symlink and attach a host file to container stdio, then change that file's ownership. Affected versions are crun 1.29.1 and earlier. Default configurations that mount a fresh /dev are not exposed. No fixed release is available yet.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 5.6 8.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact None High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 8.8
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High
Subsequent System Integrity Impact High
Subsequent System Availability Impact High
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1279951 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 crun Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 crun Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 10 14:58:52 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Sep 10 17:54:38 2026