Directory Traversal Affecting container-tools:rhel8/cockpit-podman package, versions <0:49.1-1.module+el8.6.0+22769+fa0fe772


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.08% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CONTAINERTOOLS-13039773
  • published24 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 RHEL:8 container-tools:rhel8/cockpit-podman to version 0:49.1-1.module+el8.6.0+22769+fa0fe772 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:16482.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream container-tools:rhel8/cockpit-podman package and not the container-tools:rhel8/cockpit-podman package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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