CVE-2018-10856
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 2, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibpod
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
It has been discovered that podman before version 0.6.1 does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. This results in unnecessary privileges being granted to the container.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.6.10.6.1
Affected range stops below 0.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10856x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24CVSS
5.3MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-250CWE-732
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