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CVE-2025-9566

Podman: podman kube play command may overwrite host files

Published: Sep 5, 2025Updated: Jul 2, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-22
8.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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

No summary for this CVE yet.

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 Inc.
commercial·USaka Red Hat
PodmanOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/containers/podman/v5
OSS Libraries
github.com/containers/podman/v4
OSS Libraries
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
АЛЬТ СП 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АО «СберТех»
commercial·RUaka ao sbertech, сбертех
Platform V SberLinux OS ServerOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393152
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/
redos.red-soft.ru
https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2025-1113SE18
wiki.astralinux.ru
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