Improper Privilege Management Affecting buildah package, versions <1.39.0-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-BUILDAH-15375510
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed22 Jan 2025

Introduced: 22 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-11218  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi buildah to version 1.39.0-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream buildah package and not the buildah package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was found in podman build and buildah. This issue occurs in a container breakout by using --jobs=2 and a race condition when building a malicious Containerfile. SELinux might mitigate it, but even with SELinux on, it still allows the enumeration of files and directories on the host.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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