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SUSE: Buildah Important Container Breakout Fix CVE-2025-52881 2025:4074-1

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
A critical security update for buildah addresses important issues, including container breakouts on SUSE platforms.
* bsc#1252543 * bsc#1253096 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-52881

Summary

## This update for buildah fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-52881: Fixed container breakouts by bypassing runc's restrictions for writing to arbitrary /proc files (bsc#1253096) Other fixes: * podman and buildah with runc 1.3.2 fail with lots of warnings as rootless (bsc#1252543) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4074=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-4074=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-4074=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important system threat buildah container breakout

References

* bsc#1252543

* bsc#1253096

Cross-

* CVE-2025-52881

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-52881 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2025-52881 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-52881 ( NVD ): 7.3

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4074-1
Release Date: 2025-11-12T10:35:10Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important system threat buildah container breakout

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