CVE-2021-4024

MEDIUM

Podman <3.4.3 - gvproxy API Exposure Allows Host-to-VM Port Forwarding

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in podman. The `podman machine` function (used to create and manage Podman virtual machine containing a Podman process) spawns a `gvproxy` process on the host system. The `gvproxy` API is accessible on port 7777 on all IP addresses on the host. If that port is open on the host's firewall, an attacker can potentially use the `gvproxy` API to forward ports on the host to ports in the VM, making private services on the VM accessible to the network. This issue could be also used to interrupt the host's services by forwarding all ports to the VM.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/containers/podman/releases/tag/v3.4.3

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 26.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-346 CWE-200
Status published
Products (5)
containers/podman 0 - 3.4.3Go
fedoraproject/fedora 34
fedoraproject/fedora 35
podman_project/podman 3.3.0 - 3.4.3
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
Published Dec 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026