Answer in brief
CVE-2026-88265 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.6) vulnerability in Crun: crun: /dev/null symlink follow during stdio reopen allows host bind-mount write and chown. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/container-tools:rhel8/crun (generic), Red Hat/crun (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.6. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Red Hat/container-tools:rhel8/crun (generic), Red Hat/crun (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 (generic), Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/container-tools:rhel8/crungeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/crungeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8generic | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026
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.
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