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medium 6.3

CVE-2019-25067 json

Podman/Varlink API Privilege Escalation

published 2022-06-09 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-11512

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Podman and Varlink 1.5.1. This affects an unknown part of the component API. The manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-143949 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • libpod Debian 12 3.0.0+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-25067

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-25067 updated cvss 8.1

podman: Privilege escalation in API component

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 podman
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +2 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +1 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 podman
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47500 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.0 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Podman
  • n/a Varlink

References

Sources

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