# CVE-2025-62161: youki container escape via "masked path" abuse due to mount race conditions

- Also known as: GHSA-4G74-7CFF-XCV8
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.7
- Published: 2025-11-05 · Updated: 2025-11-06

## Affected

- youki-dev youki: fixed in 0.5.7
- youki (crates.io): fixed in 0.5.7

## Description

Youki is a container runtime written in Rust. In versions 0.5.6 and below, the initial validation of the source /dev/null is insufficient, allowing container escape when youki utilizes bind mounting the container's /dev/null as a file mask. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on youki-dev youki, youki, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.7) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [crates.io packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/crates.io.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/security/advisories/GHSA-4g74-7cff-xcv8
- https://github.com/youki-dev/youki/commit/5886c91073b9be748bd8d5aed49c4a820548030a

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