# CVE-2026-47766: crun follows rootfs /dev symlink while creating default devices

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.28
- Published: 2026-08-14 · Updated: 2026-08-14

## Affected

- containers crun: fixed in 1.28

## Description

crun is an open source OCI Container Runtime fully written in C. Prior to version 1.28, crun's default device setup opens the container rootfs `/dev` directory without `O_NOFOLLOW`. If an OCI bundle contains `rootfs/dev` as a symlink and the bundle configuration does not mount `/dev`, crun follows that symlink and creates the default device nodes and stdio symlinks at the symlink target outside the container rootfs. In a local rootful crun replay, this created fixed device nodes and symlinks outside the rootfs before crun returned failure. A pre-existing file named `ptmx` in the target directory was also replaced by crun's forced `ptmx -> pts/ptmx` symlink. Version 1.28 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on containers crun, upgrade to a fixed version (1.28) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/containers/crun/security/advisories/GHSA-7vwr-4279-7gq5
- https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/tag/1.28

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