CVE-2025-9566Podman: podman kube play command may overwrite host files

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

Timeline

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.

Affected products

• podman

  • affected 4.0.0 – < 5.6.1

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

  • unaffected 6:5.4.0-13.el10_0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

  • unaffected 7:5.6.0-5.el10_1 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

  • unaffected 7:5.8.0-2.el10 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  • unaffected 8100020250911075811.afee755d – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

  • unaffected 8060020250919150821.3b538bd8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

  • unaffected 8060020250919150821.3b538bd8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

  • unaffected 8060020250919150821.3b538bd8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service

  • unaffected 8080020250919060528.0f77c1b7 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions

  • unaffected 8080020250919060528.0f77c1b7 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • unaffected 5:5.4.0-13.el9_6 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • unaffected 6:5.6.0-6.el9_7 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

  • unaffected 6:5.8.0-1.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

  • unaffected 2:4.2.0-6.el9_0.5 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

  • unaffected 2:4.4.1-22.el9_2.4 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

  • unaffected 4:4.9.4-18.el9_4.3 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12

  • unaffected 412.86.202510291903-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

  • unaffected 413.92.202510150118-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

  • unaffected 0:5.14.0-284.138.1.el9_2 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

  • unaffected 0:5.14.0-284.138.1.rt14.423.el9_2 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

  • unaffected 3:4.4.1-23.rhaos4.14.el8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

  • unaffected 414.92.202510211419-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

  • unaffected 0:5.14.0-284.138.1.el9_2 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

  • unaffected 0:5.14.0-284.138.1.rt14.423.el9_2 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

  • unaffected 3:4.4.1-35.rhaos4.15.el8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

  • unaffected 415.92.202609140326-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

  • unaffected 416.94.202609011112-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17

  • unaffected 417.94.202510112152-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

  • unaffected 4:2.237.0-1.rhaos4.18.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

  • unaffected 0:1.31.12-3.rhaos4.18.gitdc59c78.el8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

  • unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.87.1.el9_4 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

  • unaffected 0:4.18.0-202509090932.p2.ga4cad44.assembly.stream.el8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

  • unaffected 0:4.18.0-202509011551.p2.g018e43a.assembly.stream.el8 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

  • unaffected 5:5.2.2-11.rhaos4.18.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

  • unaffected 418.94.202510230424-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

  • unaffected 4:2.237.0-1.rhaos4.19.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

  • unaffected 0:1.32.8-3.rhaos4.19.git60d4e21.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

  • unaffected 0:4.19.0-202509070341.p2.gb5229e8.assembly.stream.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

  • unaffected 5:5.4.0-7.rhaos4.19.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

  • unaffected 4.19.9.6.202510140714-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20

  • unaffected 5:5.4.0-12.rhaos4.20.el9 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20

  • unaffected 4.20.9.6.202510220229-0 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat Hardened Images

  • unaffected 5.8.2-1.hum1 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.24

  • unaffected 3.24-1760921292 – < *

• Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.24

  • unaffected 3.24-1761160160 – < *

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Gogithub.com/containers/podman/v4GHSA-wp3j-xq48-xpjw (opens in a new tab)
• Gogithub.com/containers/podman/v5GHSA-wp3j-xq48-xpjw (opens in a new tab)

What to do

Workaround: Red Hat advises to not run the podman kube play command with untrusted Kubernetes YAML file as input, additionally review the Kubernetes YAML file before running it through podman may help to catch maliciously crafted secretes or volumes that may be used to exploit this vulnerability.

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-2025-27030 (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-wp3j-xq48-xpjw (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 3 Nov 2026, 04:37 UTC.