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    CVE-2025-9566

    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

    Published:Sep 4, 2025
    Last Modified:Aug 21, 2026
    EPS:Sep 5, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.0108
    CVSS Score:8.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Hummingbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Devspaces
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Ironic
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15692
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15712
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16158
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16163
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:4782
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15900
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15901
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15904
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16480
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16481
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16482
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16488
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16515
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16724
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17669
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18217
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18218
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18240
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19002
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19041
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19046
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19094
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19894
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20909
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20983
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18289
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18722
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8211
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9566
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393152
    https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/43fbde4e665fe6cee6921868f04b7ccd3de5ad89
    https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-wp3j-xq48-xpjw

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High