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CVE-2022-4122

A vulnerability was found in buildah. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.

Published: Dec 8, 2022Updated: Apr 22, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-59
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Buildah (as part of Podman) vulnerable to Link Following

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/containers/podman/v4
OSS Libraries
podman project
oss-project·USaka podman
podmanOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
BuildahOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4122
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/16315
github.com
https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/c8eeab21cf0a4f670be0cd399dd06fd5d4e06dfe
github.com
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