CVE-2025-9566

Podman: podman kube play command may overwrite host files

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2025 at 07:54 PM UTC
Updated: October 8, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsPodmanOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.31.12-3.rhaos4.18.gitdc59c78.el8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:1.32.8-3.rhaos4.19.git60d4e21.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-202509011551.p2.g018e43a.assembly.stream.el8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-202509090932.p2.ga4cad44.assembly.stream.el8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.19.0-202509070341.p2.gb5229e8.assembly.stream.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-284.138.1.el9_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-284.138.1.rt14.423.el9_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-427.87.1.el9_4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3:4.4.1-23.rhaos4.14.el8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3:4.4.1-35.rhaos4.15.el8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.9.6.202510140714-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.20.9.6.202510220229-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 412.86.202510291903-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 413.92.202510150118-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 414.92.202510211419-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 415.92.202609140326-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 416.94.202609011112-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 417.94.202510112152-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 418.94.202510230424-0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4:2.237.0-1.rhaos4.18.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4:2.237.0-1.rhaos4.19.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5:5.2.2-11.rhaos4.18.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5:5.4.0-12.rhaos4.20.el9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5:5.4.0-7.rhaos4.19.el9 (unaffected)

References (34)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16480
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16482
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: cverecord
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16481

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-22

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