podman Containerfile symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in podman. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Containerfile Handler. This manipulation causes symlink. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-1753. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in podman (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Containerfile Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in Podman Build and Buildah which allows containers to mount arbitrary locations on the host filesystem into build containers. A malicious Containerfile can use a dummy image with a symbolic link to the root filesystem as a mount source and cause the mount operation to mount the host root filesystem inside the RUN step. The commands inside the RUN step will then have read-write access to the host filesystem, allowing for full container escape at build time.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-1753 since 02/22/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212124 (Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-7.0)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (212124) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-0867). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 212124
Nessus Name: Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-7.0)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2024:2055
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-1753 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1753
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-257173
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2024 15:49
Updated: 09/13/2025 04:57
Changes: 03/18/2024 15:49 (59), 05/01/2024 17:25 (1), 05/01/2024 17:32 (1), 09/17/2024 00:59 (2), 12/06/2024 17:23 (2), 09/13/2025 04:57 (1)
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