Improper Privilege Management Affecting github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/specgen/generate package, versions <4.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCONTAINERSPODMANV4PKGSPECGENGENERATE-7814220
  • published23 Aug 2024
  • disclosed21 Aug 2024
  • creditAndrew G. Morgan

Introduced: 21 Aug 2024

CVE-2022-27649  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/specgen/generate to version 4.0.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management due to the default configuration settings. An attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting the improperly set inheritable capabilities.

References

CVSS Scores

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