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CVE-2025-9566

Podman: podman kube play command may overwrite host files

Published: Sep 5, 2025Updated: May 19, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-22
NVD MITRE
8.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 41.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 26 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15692
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15712
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16158
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Timeline

Published
Sep 5, 2025
Last Updated
May 19, 2026

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