5.3

CVE-2022-4122: fedoraproject fedora Link Following

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-4122DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4122GHSA-4crw-w8pw-2hmf
Published 08-12-2022Last modified 22-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4122 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Link Following vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.86%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2024:2077RHSA-2024:9102

Timeline

  1. 08-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

58%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.83% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/containers/podman3 products
  • v2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • v3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • v4< 4.5.0
Debian1 product
  • golang-github-containers-buildahAll versions (No fix recorded)
Fedoraproject1 product
Github.com/containers1 product
  • podmanAll versions (No fix recorded)
Podman_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • golang-github-containers-buildahAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 8 products

References

10 links