Red Hat Enterprise Linux/OpenShift Container Platform podman/buildah privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component podman/buildah. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-11218. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform (the affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component podman/buildah. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability was found in `podman build` and `buildah.` This issue occurs in a container breakout by using --jobs=2 and a race condition when building a malicious Containerfile. SELinux might mitigate it, but even with SELinux on, it still allows the enumeration of files and directories on the host.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-11218 since 11/14/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/01/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214636 (Fedora 41 : buildah / containers-common / podman (2025-908dfe95f6)), 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 (214636) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-0135). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214636
Nessus Name: Fedora 41 : buildah / containers-common / podman (2025-908dfe95f6)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/14/2024 🔍
01/22/2025 +69 days 🔍
01/22/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/01/2025 +160 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-11218 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-11218
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-292897
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/22/2025 07:23
Updated: 07/01/2025 02:57
Changes: 01/22/2025 07:23 (62), 01/25/2025 12:23 (2), 02/04/2025 13:03 (1), 07/01/2025 02:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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