CVE-2024-11218: Podman: buildah: container breakout by using --jobs=2 and a race condition when building a malicious containerfile
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-11218 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in buildah. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 12Timeline
- 22-01-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 30-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability was found in `podman build` and `buildah.` This issue occurs in a container breakout by using --jobs=2 and a race condition when building a malicious Containerfile. SELinux might mitigate it, but even with SELinux on, it still allows the enumeration of files and directories on the host.
CVSS metrics
9 scores · 9 sources · 1 version- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated8.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
30%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.36% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat67 products
- aardvark-dns< 2:1.0.1-40.module+el8.6.0+22769+fa0fe772 | < 2:1.5.0-2.module+el8.8.0+22334+bb93e398 | < 2:1.10.1-2.module+el8.10.0+22417+2fb00970
- buildah< 2:1.37.6-1.el9_5 | < 1:1.26.9-1.el9_0 | < 2:1.33.12-2.el9_4 | < 1:1.26.9-2.module+el8.6.0+22769+fa0fe772 | < 1:1.29.5-1.module+el8.8.0+22779+ce927503 | < 1:1.29.5-1.el9_2 | < 2:1.33.12-1.module+el8.10.0+22744+7794713b | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el9 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el9
- buildah-debuginfo< 2:1.37.6-1.el9_5 | < 1:1.26.9-1.el9_0 | < 2:1.33.12-2.el9_4 | < 1:1.26.9-2.module+el8.6.0+22769+fa0fe772 | < 1:1.29.5-1.module+el8.8.0+22779+ce927503 | < 1:1.29.5-1.el9_2 | < 2:1.33.12-1.module+el8.10.0+22744+7794713b | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el9 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el9
- buildah-debugsource< 2:1.37.6-1.el9_5 | < 1:1.26.9-1.el9_0 | < 2:1.33.12-2.el9_4 | < 1:1.26.9-2.module+el8.6.0+22769+fa0fe772 | < 1:1.29.5-1.module+el8.8.0+22779+ce927503 | < 1:1.29.5-1.el9_2 | < 2:1.33.12-1.module+el8.10.0+22744+7794713b | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el9 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el9
- buildah-tests< 2:1.37.6-1.el9_5 | < 1:1.26.9-1.el9_0 | < 2:1.33.12-2.el9_4 | < 1:1.26.9-2.module+el8.6.0+22769+fa0fe772 | < 1:1.29.5-1.module+el8.8.0+22779+ce927503 | < 1:1.29.5-1.el9_2 | < 2:1.33.12-1.module+el8.10.0+22744+7794713b | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.16.el9 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el8 | < 2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.17.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.15.el9 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el8 | < 1:1.29.5-1.rhaos4.14.el9
Suse7 products
- buildah&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6< 1.35.5-150500.3.25.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 4.9.5-150500.3.31.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS< 4.9.5-150500.3.31.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5< 4.9.5-150500.3.31.1
- podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6< 4.9.5-150500.3.31.1
Chainguard3 products
- buildah< 1.39.0-r2
- podman< 5.3.2-r0
- prometheus-podman-exporter< 1.14.0-r3
Opensuse3 products
- buildah&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 1.35.5-150500.3.25.1
- podman&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 4.9.5-150500.3.31.1
- podman&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 5.3.2-1.1
Alpine2 products
- buildah< 1.38.1-r0
- podman< 5.3.2-r0
Wolfi2 products
- buildah< 1.39.0-r2
- podman< 5.3.2-r0
Debian1 product
- golang-github-containers-buildahAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.38.1+ds1-1
Github.com/containers1 product
- buildah≥ 1.37.0, < 1.37.6 | ≥ 1.35.0, < 1.35.5 | < 1.33.12 | ≥ 1.38.0, < 1.38.1
Ubuntu1 product
- podmanAll versions (No fix recorded)
9 vendors · 87 products