CVE-2023-0778

MEDIUM

Podman < 4.4.2 - Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition via Volume Export

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168256

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 36.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (4)
containers/podman 0 - 4.4.2Go
podman_project/podman
redhat/enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 9.0
Published Mar 27, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026