CVE-2026-96812Host Root Sandbox Escape in gVisor via Character Device Passthrough and CUSE
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Improper Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in the host file helper (gofer) in Google gVisor prior to commit 573a9e73cf844f on Linux platforms with CUSE enabled allows a local attacker with container image deployment privileges to achieve root code execution on the host system. By including a /dev/cuse character device node in a container image, opening the device passes through to the host, allowing the sandboxed attacker to register a host device and exploit CUSE unrestricted ioctl handling to overwrite root udev helper memory.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-668, CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Google gVisor google:gvisor (from the name) | before 573a9e73cf844f | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/573a9e73cf844f
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