Directory Traversal Affecting container-tools:rhel8/podman-catatonit package, versions <4:4.9.4-23.module_el8.10.0+4047+545787c4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-CONTAINERTOOLS-12878713
  • published18 Sept 2025
  • disclosed16 Sept 2025

Introduced: 16 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-9566  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 container-tools:rhel8/podman-catatonit to version 4:4.9.4-23.module_el8.10.0+4047+545787c4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:15904.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream container-tools:rhel8/podman-catatonit package and not the container-tools:rhel8/podman-catatonit package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file.

Binary-Affected: podman Upstream-version-introduced: v4.0.0 Upstream-version-fixed: v5.6.1

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1