CVE-2025-9566

HIGH 8.1

Podman: podman kube play command may overwrite host files

CVSS Score

8.1

EPSS Score

0.1%

EPSS Percentile

17th

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

CWE	CWE-22
Published	Sep 5, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 13, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

All versions affected

Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

All versions affected