8.1

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

Deferred
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:03534-1SUSE-SU-2025:03584-1SUSE-SU-2025:20899-1
Published 05-09-2025Last modified 03-11-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-9566 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in podman. EPSS estimates a 1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.16%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 21 · Related 19

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.05 pp

From 1.10% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat175 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
  • bpftool< 0:7.3.0-427.87.1.el9_4 | < 0:7.0.0-284.138.1.el9_2
  • bpftool-debuginfo< 0:7.3.0-427.87.1.el9_4 | < 0:7.0.0-284.138.1.el9_2
  • buildah< 1:1.26.9-2.module+el8.6.0+23285+f8f75f94.1 | < 1:1.29.5-1.module+el8.8.0+23219+eb2ac228.1
  • buildah-debuginfo< 1:1.26.9-2.module+el8.6.0+23285+f8f75f94.1 | < 1:1.29.5-1.module+el8.8.0+23219+eb2ac228.1
Suse12 products
  • podman&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 4.9.5-150300.9.55.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 4.9.5-150300.9.55.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 4.9.5-150400.4.53.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 4.9.5-150400.4.53.1
  • podman&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 4.9.5-150500.3.49.1
Github.com/containers/podman4 products
  • v2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • v3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • v4All versions (No fix recorded) | ≤ 4.9.5
  • v5< 5.6.1
Chainguard2 products
  • prometheus-podman-exporter< 1.18.0-r2
  • prometheus-podman-exporter-fips< 1.18.0-r2
Debian2 products
  • libpodAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • podmanAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.6.1+ds1-2
Ubuntu2 products
  • libpodAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • podmanAll versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • podman< 5.6.1-r0
Github.com/containers1 product
  • podmanAll versions (No fix recorded)
Opensuse1 product
  • podman&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 4.9.5-150500.3.49.1

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