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CVE-2022-4122

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2022-12-08
  • WeaknessCWE-59

Am I affected?

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Description

A vulnerability was found in buildah. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-12-0816:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
35.x= 35no fix published
36.x= 36no fix published
37.x= 37no fix published
Podman project podman
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.3= 4.3.0no fix published
containers/podman
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published

3 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As redhat, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • podman
    Affected
    • = Podman 4.3.0no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-12-08

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • aardvark-dnsRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 2:1.5.0-2.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7
  • buildahRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 1:1.29.3-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7and 4 other packages
  • cockpit-podmanRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 0:63.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7
  • conmonRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7and 2 other packages
  • container-selinuxRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 2:2.229.0-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7
  • containernetworking-pluginsRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 1:1.2.0-1.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7and 2 other packages
  • containers-commonRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 2:1-65.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7
  • criuRed Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstreamall versions · fixed in 0:3.15-4.module+el8.8.0+21741+dd5be1e7and 7 other packages

23 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2022-4122 Red Hat Product Security295 products fixed · 32 known affected

    podman: Symlink error leads to information disclosure

    buildah.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · podman.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · podman-catatonit (container-tools:3.0) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · +29 more

  • RHSA-2024:9102 Red Hat Product Security34 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security update

  • RHSA-2024:2077 Red Hat Product Security261 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: container-tools:rhel8 security and bug fix update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:9102 · 34 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:2077 · 261 productsFor details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  3. No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2022-4122 · 21 productsAffected
  4. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2022-4122 · 2 productsOut of support scope
  5. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2022-4122 · 9 productsWill not fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Published
2022-12-08
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-4crw-w8pw-2hmf

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4122?

A vulnerability was found in buildah. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.

Is CVE-2022-4122 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-4122 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.9% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-4122?

CVE-2022-4122 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

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