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TI-2025-02373 Aliases CVE-2025-2713GHSA-4fj4-9m67-3mj3

Improper File Permission Handling in Google gVisor runsc

Priority LOW 28CWE-266Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-266.

Summary

Google gVisor's runsc component exhibited a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect handling of file access permissions, which allowed unprivileged users to access restricted files. This occurred because the process initially ran with root-like permissions until the first fork.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00073 0th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed gVisor (Google): release-20250319.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
GooglegVisor—release-20250319.0Patch availableCNA
  • gVisor VendorGoogle Affected — Fixed in release-20250319.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:gvisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 20240325.0VulnerableGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:gvisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 20240325.0 Vulnerable ·Google

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA gVisor (Google) Fixed in release-20250319.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2713
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4fj4-9m67-3mj3

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2018-13698 pkg/sentry/kernel/shm/shm.go in Google gVisor before 2018-11-01 allows attackers to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-11721 Google gVisor before 2018-08-23, within the seccomp sandbox, permits access to the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2024-09825 Weaknesses in the generation of TCP/UDP source ports and some other header values in… CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2023-06639 Denial-of-Service in Gvisor CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-09306 Improved Seeding and Hashing In gVisor CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2018-14290 Google gVisor before 2018-08-22 reuses a pagetable in a different level with the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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