RHSA-2025:21232 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:rhel8 security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 13, 2025
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for the container-tools:rhel8 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc.
Security Fix(es):
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runc: container escape via 'masked path' abuse due to mount race conditions (CVE-2025-31133)
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runc: container escape with malicious config due to /dev/console mount and related races (CVE-2025-52565)
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runc: container escape and denial of service due to arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects (CVE-2025-52881)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.