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Podman Path Traversal Vulnerability leads to arbitrary file read/write

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 25, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/containers/podman (Go)

Affected versions

< 1.4.0

Patched versions

1.4.0

Description

A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in podman before version 1.4.0 in the way it handles symlinks inside containers. An attacker who has compromised an existing container can cause arbitrary files on the host filesystem to be read/written when an administrator tries to copy a file from/to the container.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 30, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jul 14, 2023
Last updated Aug 25, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.055%
(24th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-10152

GHSA ID

GHSA-rh5f-2w6r-q7vj

Source code

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