Description
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
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 8.1/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | >= 4.0.0, < 5.6.1 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.24 | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.24 | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15692
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15712
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16131
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16158
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16163
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:18215
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:4782
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15900
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15901
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15904
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16482
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16515
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16724
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18217
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18218
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18240
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19002
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19041
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19046
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19094
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19894
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20909
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20983
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18289
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18722
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:62549
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67857
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8211
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9566
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393152
- https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/43fbde4e665fe6cee6921868f04b7ccd3de5ad89
- https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-wp3j-xq48-xpjw
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 5, 2025
- Last modified
- Nov 3, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred