CVE-2025-9566NVD

Vulnerability 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

Severity Level

HIGH(8.1)

Published Date

Sep 5, 2025

Last Modified

Sep 10, 2026

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation yet

EPSS Score (30-Day)

1.08%Probability

Root Weakness (CWE)

CWE-22: Path Traversal ↗

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory.

CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 8.1 (HIGH)

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions

Not provided by NVD for this CVE.

Patched Versions

Not provided by NVD for this CVE.

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