podman kube play Command path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in podman. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component kube play Command Handler. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-9566. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in podman (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component kube play Command Handler. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-9566. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 261583 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9566), 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 (261583), EUVD (EUVD-2025-27030) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1974). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Open Source Podman
  • Red Hat OpenShift

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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CNA Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 261583
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9566

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/04/2025 Advisory disclosed
09/04/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/30/2025 +56 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-9566 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-9566
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322707
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1974 - Podman: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von Dateien

Entryinfo

Created: 09/04/2025 22:08
Updated: 10/30/2025 02:47
Changes: 09/04/2025 22:08 (46), 09/05/2025 22:41 (7), 09/05/2025 23:08 (1), 09/06/2025 06:05 (14), 09/07/2025 21:28 (2), 10/10/2025 11:12 (1), 10/30/2025 02:47 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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