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CVE-2024-5154

A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory

A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 0.01705
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
kubernetes cri-oall versions
redhat openshift container platformall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Go github.com/cri-o/cri-o HIGH fixed in 1.28.7
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Scoring & Timeline

8.1
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Jun 2024 · 09:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

6
rhsaRHSA-2024:10818Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2024:4486Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:3676Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:4159Important
rhsaRHSA-2024:4008Important
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190Issue Tracking
https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8Vendor Advisory
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