Bug 2531223 (CVE-2026-88264)

Summary: CVE-2026-88264 crun: crun: /dev/console symlink follow allows root-owned file creation outside the rootfs
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A flaw was found in crun. When the container configuration does not give /dev a dedicated mount, terminal setup can redirect /dev/console onto an attacker-controlled path, including via the read-only-rootfs bind-mount fallback. 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.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-10 01:53:41 UTC 
A flaw was found in crun. During terminal setup, when the OCI configuration does not mount /dev, crun unlinks and recreates /dev/console without preventing symlink follows. A malicious image can make /dev/console a symlink so that crun creates a root-owned file outside the container rootfs. Affected versions are crun 1.29.1 and earlier. This is not CVE-2026-47766, which addressed following a rootfs /dev directory symlink and was fixed in crun 1.28. No fixed release is published yet.