No exploitation reportedFix available

CVE-2025-9566

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2025-09-05
WeaknessCWE-22

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Description

There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file. Binary-Affected: podman Upstream-version-introduced: v4.0.0 Upstream-version-fixed: v5.6.1

Timeline

dates in UTC

2025-09-0520:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

OSV

containers/podman

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	OSV

containers/podman

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	OSV

containers/podman

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
—	all versions	no fix published	OSV

2 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.

Packages

aardvark-dnsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.10.1-2.module_el8.10.0+3909+6e1c1eb7
aardvark-dnsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.10.1-2.module_el8.10.0+4023+db236c53
aardvark-dnsAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.10.1-2.module_el8.10.0+4047+545787c4
buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.33.12-2.module_el8.10.0+4016+efd18bf8
buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.33.12-2.module_el8.10.0+4023+db236c53
buildahAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 2:1.33.12-2.module_el8.10.0+4047+545787c4and 1 other package
cockpit-podmanAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 84.1-1.module_el8.10.0+4016+efd18bf8
conmonAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 3:2.1.10-1.module_el8.10.0+3970+8445edf6

61 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

RHSA-2026:67857 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.69 bug fix and security update
RHSA-2026:62549 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.70 bug fix and security update

Full record on NVD

Fix

Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:67857 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 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.…
Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:62549 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 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.…
Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2026:67857 · 4 productsRed Hat advises to not run the podman kube play command with untrusted Kubernetes YAML file as input, additionally review the Kubernetes YAML file before running it through podman may help to catch maliciously crafted secretes or volumes that may be used to exploit this vulnerability.

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-09-05
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 3.18.1read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-22read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.2 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Published: 2025-09-05
Last Modified: 2026-10-08
NVD status: Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-9566?

Is CVE-2025-9566 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-9566 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.2% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-9566?

CVE-2025-9566 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

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