Directory Traversal Affecting python-podman package, versions <0:4.9.0-3.module+el8.10.0+1896+b18fa106


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONPODMAN-14151769
  • published30 Nov 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 Rocky-Linux:8 python-podman to version 0:4.9.0-3.module+el8.10.0+1896+b18fa106 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:15904.

NVD Description

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