Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting podman-debuginfo package, versions <2:4.0.2-24.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PODMANDEBUGINFO-14151045
  • published29 Nov 2025
  • disclosed2 Aug 2023

Introduced: 2 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-3978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 podman-debuginfo to version 2:4.0.2-24.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:6938.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman-debuginfo package and not the podman-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1