CVE-2020-10696: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

May 18, 2021 (updated September 29, 2023)

A path traversal flaw was found in Buildah in versions before 1.14.5. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into building a malicious container image hosted on an HTTP(s) server and then write files to the user’s system anywhere that the user has permissions.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-10696
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817651
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10696
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fx8w-mjvm-hvpc
github.com/containers/buildah/pull/2245
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10696

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