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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-2089 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8 malicious container creates symlink "mtab" on the host External
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Solution

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Workaround

There is no mitigation available for this vulnerability, a package update is required.

History

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00351}

epss

{'score': 0.00666}


Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el9
References

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9
References

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-668

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kubernetes
Kubernetes cri-o
Redhat openshift Container Platform
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:1.28.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:1.29.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:1.30.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kubernetes
Kubernetes cri-o
Redhat openshift Container Platform

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-20T08:19:11.952Z

Reserved: 2024-05-20T20:46:53.974Z

Link: CVE-2024-5154

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:03:11.031Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-12T09:15:19.973

Modified: 2025-06-23T14:15:26.073

Link: CVE-2024-5154

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-05-27T18:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-5154 - Bugzilla

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