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Status published
High
CVE-2024-5154
Cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Red Hat would like to thank Erik Sjölund (erik.sjolund@gmail.com) for reporting this issue.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10818
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4008
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4486
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Vulnerable Versions:
1.30.0, 1.29.4, 1.28.6, 0:1.25.5-21.2.rhaos4.12.gita3eb75f.el8, 0:1.26.5-18.2.rhaos4.13.git2e90133.el8, 0:1.27.7-3.rhaos4.14.git674563e.el8, 0:1.28.7-2.rhaos4.15.git111aec5.el9, 0:1.29.5-7.rhaos4.16.git7db4ada.el8, 0:5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4, 0:4.16.0-202406191607.p0.g58452d8.assembly.stream.el8, 417.94.202412040832-0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 12th, 2024
Last Modified:
February 25th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N