CVE-2025-9566
Publication date 5 September 2025
Last updated 15 September 2025
Ubuntu priority
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
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libpod | 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| podman | 25.04 plucky |
Vulnerable
|
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.1 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |