Medium severity · published Mar 27, 2023
CVE-2023-0778
A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman
6.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
PO
Podman · Podman Project
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0778
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0778
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168256
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