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CVE-2020-10696: Path Traversal in Buildah

May 18, 2021 (updated December 12, 2024)

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
  • github.com/containers/buildah/pull/2245
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10696
  • pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0828

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.14.4

Fixed versions

  • 1.14.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.14.4 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

go/github.com/containers/buildah/CVE-2020-10696.yml

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