Directory Traversal Affecting podman-tests package, versions <6:5.8.2-3.0.1.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-PODMANTESTS-12795757
  • published16 Sept 2025
  • disclosed5 Sept 2025

Introduced: 5 Sep 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 podman-tests to version 6:5.8.2-3.0.1.el9_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-18722.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman-tests package and not the podman-tests package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 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

References

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