Upstream information
Description
A UNIX symbolic link following issue in the jailer component in Firecracker version v1.13.1 and earlier and 1.14.0 on Linux may allow a local host user with write access to the pre-created jailer directories to overwrite arbitrary host files via a symlink attack during the initialization copy at jailer startup, if the jailer is executed with root privileges.To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.13.2 or 1.14.1 or above.
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (Amazon) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | CNA (Amazon) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | None |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Sat Jan 24 00:03:48 2026CVE page last modified: Wed Jan 28 14:59:43 2026