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CVE-2024-9676

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  • Published2024-10-15
  • WeaknessCWE-22

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-10-1516:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Redhat openshift container platform
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.12= 4.12no fix published
4.13= 4.13no fix published
4.14= 4.14no fix published
4.15= 4.15no fix published
4.16= 4.16no fix published
4.17= 4.17no fix published
Redhat openshift container platform for arm64
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.12= 4.12no fix published
4.13= 4.13no fix published
4.14= 4.14no fix published
4.15= 4.15no fix published
4.16= 4.16no fix published
Redhat openshift container platform for ibm z
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.12= 4.12no fix published
4.13= 4.13no fix published
4.14= 4.14no fix published
4.15= 4.15no fix published
4.16= 4.16no fix published

12 more products in the sources.

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

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.

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2025:2710 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.49 bug fix and security update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:2710 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
  2. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:2710 · 683 productsMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-10-15
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2024-10-15
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9676?

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.

Is CVE-2024-9676 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2024-9676 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-9676?

CVE-2024-9676 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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