What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-54867?

CVE-2025-54867 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Youki are affected by CVE-2025-54867?

Organizations using Rust. face moderate risk from CVE-2025-54867 rated CVSS 7.0. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-54867?

Within 7 days: Identify all affected systems running Rust. and apply vendor patches promptly. Vendor patch is available.

Youki CVE-2025-54867

HIGH

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following (CWE-61)

2025-08-14 security-advisories@github.com

Information Disclosure Youki

7.0

CVSS 3.1 · GitHub Advisory

Severity by source

GitHub Advisory PRIMARY

7.0 HIGH

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:06 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:06 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Aug 14, 2025 - 16:15 nvd

HIGH 7.0

DescriptionGitHub Advisory

Youki is a container runtime written in Rust. Prior to version 0.5.5, if /proc and /sys in the rootfs are symbolic links, they can potentially be exploited to gain access to the host root filesystem. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.5.

AnalysisAI

Youki is a container runtime written in Rust. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0).

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-61. Youki is a container runtime written in Rust. Prior to version 0.5.5, if /proc and /sys in the rootfs are symbolic links, they can potentially be exploited to gain access to the host root filesystem. This issue has been patched in version 0.5.5. Affected products include: Youki-Dev Youki. Version information: version 0.5.5.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.