CVE-2025-9566
CVE-2025-9566 updated by NVD
Summary
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
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/containers/podman/v4 | — | — |
| Go | github.com/containers/podman/v5 | — | 5.6.1 |
Remediation: No patched version is listed by GitHub.
References
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