CVE-2025-2713

Improper File Permission Handling in Google gVisor runsc

Published Mar 28, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-8644 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
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Weaknesses CWE-266
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Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:gvisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Improper File Permission Handling in Google gVisor runsc
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Google
Published
Updated
Sep 8, 2025, 9:47 AM
Reserved
Mar 24, 2025, 11:35 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 28, 2025, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:07 AM