High severity · published Sep 25, 2026
CVE-2026-96812
Host Root Sandbox Escape in gVisor via Character Device Passthrough and CUSE
8.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GV
gVisor · Google
before 573a9e73cf844f · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96812
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96812
github.com
https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/573a9e73cf844f
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