CVE-2020-1726

Medium

Description

A flaw was discovered in Podman where it incorrectly allows containers when created to overwrite existing files in volumes, even if they are mounted as read-only. When a user runs a malicious container or a container based on a malicious image with an attached volume that is used for the first time, it is possible to trigger the flaw and overwrite files in the volume.This issue was introduced in version 1.6.0.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLibpod
PublishedFeb 11, 2020
First seenFeb 11, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-552CWE-552

How to fix

Update
  • github.com/containers/podman2.0.6 or later
  • github.com/containers/podman/v22.0.6 or later
  • github.com/containers/libpod/v22.0.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libpod_project libpod1.6.0—
redhat openshift_container_platform4.3—
redhat enterprise_linux8.0—
github.com/containers/podmanGo1.6.0 ≤ v < 2.0.62.0.6
github.com/containers/podman/v2Gov < 2.0.62.0.6
github.com/containers/libpodGo1.6.0 ≤ v—
github.com/containers/libpod/v2Gov < 2.0.62.0.6

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