UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Affecting libcontainer package, versions <0.5.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-LIBCONTAINER-11958868
  • published18 Aug 2025
  • disclosed14 Aug 2025
  • creditYusuke Sakurai

Introduced: 14 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-54867  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-61  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libcontainer to version 0.5.5 or higher.

Overview

libcontainer is a library for container control.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following when the /proc and /sys in the rootfs are symbolic links. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the host root filesystem by exploiting symbolic links in /proc and /sys.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1