A vulnerability was found in buildah.
A vulnerability was found in buildah. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.
- Published
- Dec 8, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.8% · 56th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-59
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Report tools
Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.8%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| podman project | podman | cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman |
| fedoraproject | fedora | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- fedoraproject fedora35
- fedoraproject fedora36
- fedoraproject fedora37
- podman project podman4.3.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a podman
- Podman 4.3.0affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | golang-github-containers-buildah | all versions | — |
| Go | github.com/containers/podman | all versions | — |
| Go | github.com/containers/podman/v2 | all versions | — |
| Go | github.com/containers/podman/v3 | all versions | — |
| Go | github.com/containers/podman/v4 | before 4.5.0 | 4.5.0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-debuginfo | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-debugsource | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-docker | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-plugins | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-plugins-debuginfo | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-remote | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-remote-debuginfo | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | podman-tests | before 2:5.2.2-1.el9 | 2:5.2.2-1.el9 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | aardvark-dns | before 2:1.5.0-2.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 2:1.5.0-2.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | buildah | before 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | buildah-debuginfo | before 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | buildah-debugsource | before 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | buildah-tests | before 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | buildah-tests-debuginfo | before 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | cockpit-podman | before 0:63.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 0:63.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | conmon | before 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | conmon-debuginfo | before 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
| Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | conmon-debugsource | before 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 | 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 |
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Same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Go:github.com/containers/podman/v4 | 4.5.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:aardvark-dns | 2:1.5.0-2.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:buildah | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:buildah-debuginfo | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:buildah-debugsource | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:buildah-tests | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:buildah-tests-debuginfo | 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:cockpit-podman | 0:63.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:conmon | 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:conmon-debuginfo | 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:conmon-debugsource | 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:container-selinux | 2:2.229.0-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:containernetworking-plugins | 1:1.2.0-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7 · Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| rocky linux:podman | 4:5.2.2-13.el9_5 · Rocky Linux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or Information: HTML SmugglingT1027.006
- Obfuscated Files or Information: Embedded PayloadsT1027.009
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution:Shortcut ModificationT1547.009
- Hide Artifacts: Resource ForkingT1564.009
- Hijack Execution Flow: Executable Installer File Permissions WeaknessT1574.005
- Hijack Execution Flow: Services File Permissions WeaknessT1574.010
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.