CVE-2022-4122

podman: Symlink error leads to information disclosure

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability was found in buildah. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.

Se encontró una vulnerabilidad en buildah. El seguimiento incorrecto de enlaces simbólicos al leer .containerignore y .dockerignore da como resultado la divulgación de información.

A vulnerability was found in buildah and podman. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-11-22 CVE Reserved
2022-12-08 CVE Published
2024-06-30 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/16315	2022-12-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144983	2022-12-12
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4122	2024-11-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Podman Project Search vendor "Podman Project"		Podman Search vendor "Podman Project" for product "Podman"				4.3.0 Search vendor "Podman Project" for product "Podman" and version "4.3.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				36 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "36"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				37 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "37"		-		Affected