CVE-2025-9566

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.10 BB Relevance: 66/100
Published: 2025-09-05 Modified: 2026-11-03 First seen: 2026-11-03 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: High
A: High

Description

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

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
&mdash; &mdash; 4.0.0 < 5.6.1

References & Advisories (36)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15692
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15712
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16131
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16158
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16163
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:18215
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:4782
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15900
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15901
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15904
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16480
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16481
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16482
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16488
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16515
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16724
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:17669
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18217
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18218
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:18240
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19002
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19041
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19046
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19094
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19894
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Bug Bounty Relevance

66 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.21%
Raw Score 0.012070
Percentile 68.4%
Date 2026-11-05

EPSS Trend

2026-11-05
0.01207
2026-11-04
0.01159
2026-11-03
0.01159
2026-11-02
0.01159

Intelligence Sources

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