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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-9676 · published 15 October 2024

CVE-2024-9676: Redhat openshift container platform path traversal vulnerability

Redhat · Openshift Container Platform

A vulnerability was found in Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O. A symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O to hang and result in a denial of service via OOM kill when running a malicious image using an automatically assigned user namespace (`--userns=auto` in Podman and Buildah). The containers/storage library will read /etc/passwd inside the container, but does not properly validate if that file is a symlink, which can be used to cause the library to read an arbitrary file on the host.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 29.9% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
15Affected product versions listed by NVD
21References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O. A symlink traversal vulnerability in the containers/storage library can cause Podman, Buildah, and CRI-O to hang and result in a denial of service via OOM kill when running a malicious image using an automatically assigned user namespace (`--userns=auto` in Podman and Buildah). The containers/storage library will read /etc/passwd inside the container, but does not properly validate if that file is a symlink, which can be used to cause the library to read an arbitrary file on the host.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

15 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10289
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8418 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8428 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8437 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8686 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8690 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8694 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8700 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8984 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9051 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9454 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9459 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9926 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0876
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2454
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2710
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3301
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9676 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317467 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wq2p-5pc6-wpgf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/containers/storage/commit/935c58f4b3e364a9c9d33ed06476a831e6ad5679

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-9676), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.