# CVE-2019-10152: A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in podman before version 1.4.0 in the way it handles symlinks inside containers.

- Also known as: GHSA-RH5F-2W6R-Q7VJ, GO-2023-1927
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.0
- Published: 2019-07-30 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- podman: fixed in 1.4.0
- github.com/containers/podman (Go): fixed in 1.4.0

## Description

A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in podman before version 1.4.0 in the way it handles symlinks inside containers. An attacker who has compromised an existing container can cause arbitrary files on the host filesystem to be read/written when an administrator tries to copy a file from/to the container.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on podman, github.com/containers/podman, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10152
- https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/3211
- https://github.com/containers/libpod/pull/3214
- https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES.md#140
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00001.html

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