CVE-2019-25067Podman/Varlink API Privilege Escalation
- 6.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Podman and Varlink 1.5.1. This affects an unknown part of the component API. The manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-143949 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47500 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
Timeline
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By VulDB
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Affected products
Podman
- affected 1.5.1
Varlink
- affected 1.5.1
References
References4
- https://vuldb.com/?id.143949 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.143949 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47500 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21628 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-11512 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2019-25067)Record last updated .