CVE-2025-9566
podman kube play symlink traversal vulnerability in github.com/containers/podman
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.09%
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
How to fix CVE-2025-9566
To remediate CVE-2025-9566, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
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- —upgrade to 5.6.1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.6.1 or later
Is CVE-2025-9566 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (9)
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- from 0, < 5.6.1
- from 0, < 5.6.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
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| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |