UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9566

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-9566
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9566.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-9566
Upstream
Published
2025-09-05T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-12T17:31:12Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libpod

Package

Name
libpod
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpod@4.9.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3.1+ds1-8
4.7.2+ds1-2
4.7.2+ds1-2build1
4.8.3+ds1-2
4.9.0+ds1-2
4.9.3+ds1-1
4.9.3+ds1-1build1
4.9.3+ds1-1build2
4.9.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.1
4.9.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "podman"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "podman-docker"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3+ds1-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "podman-remote"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / podman

Package

Name
podman
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/podman@5.4.1+ds1-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.3.1+ds1-7
5.3.2+ds1-1
5.4.0+ds1-1
5.4.1+ds1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.1+ds1-1",
            "binary_name": "podman"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.1+ds1-1",
            "binary_name": "podman-docker"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.1+ds1-1",
            "binary_name": "podman-remote"
        }
    ]
}