Directory Traversal Affecting podman package, versions <4:4.9.4-23.module+el8.10.0+23498+f7d19d48


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PODMAN-12509581
  • published5 Sept 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2025

Introduced: 4 Sep 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 podman to version 4:4.9.4-23.module+el8.10.0+23498+f7d19d48 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman package and not the podman package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos: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