CVE-2023-0778

podman: symlink exchange attack in podman export volume

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 16, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

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 score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition