CVE-2022-2989· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Podman container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possi

An incorrect handling of the supplementary groups in the Podman container engine might lead to the sensitive information disclosure or possible data modification if an attacker has direct access to the affected container where supplementary groups are used to set access permissions and is able to execute a binary code in that container.

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Published: Sep 13, 2022
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.3% · 23th percentile
CWE: CWE-842

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CVSS: 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.3%

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

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Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
podman project	podman	cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman
redhat	openshift container platform	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform
redhat	enterprise linux	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

podman project podmanall versions
redhat enterprise linux7.0
redhat enterprise linux8.0
redhat enterprise linux9.0
redhat openshift container platform3.11
redhat openshift container platform4.0

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
- no fixed version knownaffected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

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Same product

podman project: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2022-1227A privilege escalation flaw was found in Podman.
36Monitor
CVE-2026-57231Podman: Malformed Image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the container
30Monitor
CVE-2024-3056Podman: kernel: containers in shared ipc namespace are vulnerable to denial of service attack
30Monitor
CVE-2022-27649A flaw was found in Podman, where containers were started incorrectly with non-empty default permissions.
30Monitor
CVE-2021-20188A flaw was found in podman before 1.7.0.
28Monitor
CVE-2023-0778A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman.
27Monitor

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Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
almalinux:aardvark-dns	2:1.1.0-5.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:buildah	1:1.27.2-2.module_el8.7.0+3348+f3135399 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:buildah-tests	1:1.27.2-2.module_el8.7.0+3348+f3135399 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:cockpit-podman	53-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:conmon	3:2.1.4-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:container-selinux	2:2.189.0-1.module_el8.7.0+3407+95aa0ca9 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:containernetworking-plugins	1:1.1.1-3.module_el8.6.0+3070+1510fbd1 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:containers-common	2:1-43.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:crit	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2751+06427ca3 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:criu	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2751+06427ca3 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:criu-devel	3.15-3.module_el8.7.0+3407+95aa0ca9 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:criu-libs	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2751+06427ca3 · AlmaLinux:8	Package registry (OSV)
debian:libpod	4.3.1+ds1-4 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containerd/containerd	1.5.18	Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containerd/containerd	1.6.18	Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containers/buildah	1.27.1	Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containers/podman/v3	3.0.1	Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containers/podman/v4	4.2.0	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:podman	3.4.7-150300.9.12.1 · openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.2	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:aardvark-dns	2:1.1.0-5.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:buildah	1:1.27.2-2.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:buildah-debuginfo	1:1.27.2-2.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:buildah-debugsource	1:1.27.2-2.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:buildah-tests	1:1.27.2-2.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:buildah-tests-debuginfo	1:1.27.2-2.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:cockpit-podman	0:53-1.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:conmon	3:2.1.4-1.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:conmon-debuginfo	3:2.1.4-1.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:conmon-debugsource	3:2.1.4-1.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)
red hat:container-selinux	2:2.189.0-1.module+el8.7.0+17064+3b31f55c · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream	Package registry (OSV)

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: none

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-842 · Placement of User into Incorrect Group

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC

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Data sources and verification

CNA: redhat

CVE.org (CNA)Jun 5, 2025, 6:15 PM UTC
CISA ADPJun 5, 2025, 6:15 PM UTC
NVDJun 17, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC
FIRST EPSSOct 7, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
OSV / GHSAOct 8, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC

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Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
AlmaLinux:8	aardvark-dns	before 2:1.0.1-37.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82	2:1.0.1-37.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82
AlmaLinux:8	aardvark-dns	before 2:1.1.0-5.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b	2:1.1.0-5.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b
AlmaLinux:8	buildah	before 1:1.24.6-5.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82	1:1.24.6-5.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82
AlmaLinux:8	buildah	before 1:1.27.2-2.module_el8.7.0+3348+f3135399	1:1.27.2-2.module_el8.7.0+3348+f3135399
AlmaLinux:8	buildah-tests	before 1:1.24.6-5.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82	1:1.24.6-5.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82
AlmaLinux:8	buildah-tests	before 1:1.27.2-2.module_el8.7.0+3348+f3135399	1:1.27.2-2.module_el8.7.0+3348+f3135399
AlmaLinux:8	cockpit-podman	before 53-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b	53-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b
AlmaLinux:8	cockpit-podman	before 46-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f	46-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f
AlmaLinux:8	conmon	before 2:2.1.4-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f	2:2.1.4-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f
AlmaLinux:8	conmon	before 3:2.1.4-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b	3:2.1.4-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b
AlmaLinux:8	container-selinux	before 2:2.189.0-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f	2:2.189.0-1.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f
AlmaLinux:8	container-selinux	before 2:2.199.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82	2:2.199.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82
AlmaLinux:8	container-selinux	before 2:2.189.0-1.module_el8.7.0+3407+95aa0ca9	2:2.189.0-1.module_el8.7.0+3407+95aa0ca9
AlmaLinux:8	containernetworking-plugins	before 1:1.1.1-3.module_el8.6.0+3128+1510fbd1	1:1.1.1-3.module_el8.6.0+3128+1510fbd1
AlmaLinux:8	containernetworking-plugins	before 1:1.1.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f	1:1.1.1-2.module_el8.7.0+3344+5bcd850f
AlmaLinux:8	containernetworking-plugins	before 1:1.1.1-3.module_el8.6.0+3070+1510fbd1	1:1.1.1-3.module_el8.6.0+3070+1510fbd1
AlmaLinux:8	containers-common	before 2:1-37.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82	2:1-37.module_el8.8.0+3468+16b86c82
AlmaLinux:8	containers-common	before 2:1-43.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b	2:1-43.module_el8.7.0+3344+484dae7b
AlmaLinux:8	crit	before 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2877+8e437bf5
AlmaLinux:8	crit	before 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux:8	crit	before 3.15-3.module_el8.7.0+3407+95aa0ca9	3.15-3.module_el8.7.0+3407+95aa0ca9
AlmaLinux:8	crit	before 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2751+06427ca3	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2751+06427ca3
AlmaLinux:8	criu	before 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3137+d33c3efb
AlmaLinux:8	criu	before 3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2751+06427ca3	3.15-3.module_el8.6.0+2751+06427ca3