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CVE-2018-10856

It has been discovered that podman before version 0.6.1 does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. This results in unnecessary privileges being granted to the container.

Published: Jul 2, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-250
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 45.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Podman Elevated Container Privileges

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-250CWE-732

Affected Products

Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/containers/podman
OSS Libraries
[UNKNOWN]
podmanOn-premDev Tool
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
libpod project
oss-project
libpodMixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10856
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24
github.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037
access.redhat.com
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