CVE-2019-18466

podman: resolving symlink in host filesystem leads to unexpected results of copy operation

Published Oct 28, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Podman in libpod before 1.6.0. It resolves a symlink in the host context during a copy operation from the container to the host, because an undesired glob operation occurs. An attacker could create a container image containing particular symlinks that, when copied by a victim user to the host filesystem, may overwrite existing files with others from the host.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5078 An issue was discovered in Podman in libpod before 1.6.0. It resolves a symlink in the host context during a copy operation from the container to the host, because an undesired glob operation occurs. An attacker could create a container image containing particular symlinks that, when copied by a victim user to the host filesystem, may overwrite existing files with others from the host.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r34v-gqmw-qvgj Podman Symlink Vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 1:54 AM
Reserved
Oct 28, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 28, 2019, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:25 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 22, 2019, 12:00 AM