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Vulnerability · Published Jun 12, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2024-5154Cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in cri-o. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/cri-o/cri-o1.28.7GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8
Gogithub.com/cri-o/cri-o1.29.5GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8
Gogithub.com/cri-o/cri-o1.30.1GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8
Gogithub.com/cri-o/cri-o1.28.7, 1.29.5, 1.30.1GO-2024-2919

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
cri-o 1.30.0 – before 1.30.11.29.4 – before 1.29.51.28.6 – before 1.28.7
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 see references

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References