Directory Traversal Affecting podman package, versions <4:5.2.2-9.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.35% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-PODMAN-8772489
  • published27 Feb 2025
  • disclosed15 Oct 2024

Introduced: 15 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-9676  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 podman to version 4:5.2.2-9.el9_5 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O. A symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O to hang and result in a denial of service via OOM kill when running a malicious image using an automatically assigned user namespace (--userns=auto in Podman and Buildah). The containers/storage library will read /etc/passwd inside the container, but does not properly validate if that file is a symlink, which can be used to cause the library to read an arbitrary file on the host.

CVSS Base Scores

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