CVE-2021-20188

podman: container users permissions are not respected in privileged containers

Published Feb 11, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in podman before 1.7.0. File permissions for non-root users running in a privileged container are not correctly checked. This flaw can be abused by a low-privileged user inside the container to access any other file in the container, even if owned by the root user inside the container. It does not allow to directly escape the container, though being a privileged container means that a lot of security features are disabled when running the container. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1027 A flaw was found in podman before 1.7.0. File permissions for non-root users running in a privileged container are not correctly checked. This flaw can be abused by a low-privileged user inside the container to access any other file in the container, even if owned by the root user inside the container. It does not allow to directly escape the container, though being a privileged container means that a lot of security features are disabled when running the container. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9h63-7qf6-mv6r Improper Authorization in github.com/containers/libpod
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 5:30 PM
Reserved
Dec 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 11, 2021, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:33 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Feb 10, 2021, 12:00 AM