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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2024-5154 json

Cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host

published 2024-06-04 2 y ago modified 2026-11-04 4 d ago also GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8 , GO-2024-2919 , EUVD-2024-2089

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/cri-o/cri-o 1.28.7, 1.29.5, 1.30.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 0:1.25.5-21.2.rhaos4.12.gita3eb75f.el8
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 0:1.26.5-18.2.rhaos4.13.git2e90133.el8
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 0:1.27.7-3.rhaos4.14.git674563e.el8
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 0:1.28.7-2.rhaos4.15.git111aec5.el8
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 0:1.29.5-7.rhaos4.16.git7db4ada.el8, 0:4.16.0-202406191607.p0.g58452d8.assembly.stream.el8, 0:5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 417.94.202412040832-0
  • perf openshift 4.16 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4
  • rtla openshift 4.16 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4
  • cri-o openshift 4.16 1.29.5-7.rhaos4.16.git7db4ada.el8
  • cri-o openshift 4.16 1.29.5-7.rhaos4.16.git7db4ada.el9
  • kernel openshift 4.16 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4
  • bpftool openshift 4.16 7.3.0-427.24.1.el9_4
  • kernel-rt openshift 4.16 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4
  • openshift openshift 4.16 4.16.0-202406191607.p0.g58452d8.assembly.stream.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:4159RHSA-2024:4486RHSA-2024:4008RHSA-2024:3700RHSA-2024:3676

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-2024-5154 updated cvss 8.1

cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 cri-o
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 cri-o 1.25.5-21.2.rhaos4.12.gita3eb75f.el8
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.” RHSA-2024:4008
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 cri-o 1.26.5-18.2.rhaos4.13.git2e90133.el8, cri-o 1.26.5-18.2.rhaos4.13.git2e90133.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.” RHSA-2024:4486
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 cri-o 1.27.7-3.rhaos4.14.git674563e.el8, cri-o 1.27.7-3.rhaos4.14.git674563e.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.” RHSA-2024:3700
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 cri-o 1.28.7-2.rhaos4.15.git111aec5.el8, cri-o 1.28.7-2.rhaos4.15.git111aec5.el9
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.” RHSA-2024:3676
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 perf 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4, bpftool 7.3.0-427.24.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4, kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.24.1.el9_4, +78 more
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.” RHSA-2024:4159
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 rhcos 417.94.202412040832-0
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.” RHSA-2024:10818
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 conmon Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 perf 4.18.0-372.109.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.109.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.109.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.109.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.109.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.109.1.el8_6, +33 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 kata-containers 3.2.0-7.rhaos4.13.el9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 perf 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, bpftool 7.0.0-284.69.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, conmon-rs 0.6.3-1.rhaos4.14.el8, conmon-rs 0.6.3-1.rhaos4.14.el9, +68 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 perf 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, bpftool 7.0.0-284.69.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2, +66 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9 v4.17.0-202412032103.p0.g13001b0.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9 v4.17.0-202412040003.p0.g38cdcea.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9 v4.17.0-202412040003.p0.g13001b0.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-console-rhel9 v4.17.0-202412040204.p0.gd0c6b40.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-deployer-rhel9 v4.17.0-202412032103.p0.g13001b0.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/network-tools-rhel9 v4.17.0-202412040003.p0.g8e170b4.assembly.stream.el9, +23 more
    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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/cri-o/cri-o
>=1.28.6, <1.28.7
>=1.29.4, <1.29.5
>=1.30.0, <1.30.1
1.28.7
1.29.5
1.30.1

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Sources

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