6.8

CVE-2023-0778: podman_project podman

CVSS: 6.8v3.1MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2023:1812-1SUSE-SU-2023:1814-1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-0778
Published 27-03-2023Last modified 24-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-0778 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in podman_project podman. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHSA-2023:1325RHSA-2023:2758RHSA-2023:2802

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 24-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.54% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

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

Suse10 products
  • podman&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS< 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 4.4.4-150300.9.20.1
Opensuse3 products
  • podman&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 4.4.4-150400.4.16.1
  • podman&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 4.4.4-150400.4.16.1
  • podman&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.4.2-1.1
Debian1 product
  • libpod< 4.3.1+ds1-7
Github.com/containers/podman1 product
  • v4< 4.4.2
Podman_project1 product
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libpodAll versions (No fix recorded)

7 vendors · 18 products

References

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