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CVE-2021-20188 Details

Description

A flaw was found in podman before 1.7.0. File permissions for non-root users running in a privileged container are not correctly checked. This flaw can be abused by a low-privileged user inside the container to access any other file in the container, even if owned by the root user inside the container. It does not allow to directly escape the container, though being a privileged container means that a lot of security features are disabled when running the container. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915734 CVEIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915734 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
podman project podman
< 1.7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat openshift container platform
3.11

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
7.0
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-20188
NVD Published Date:
Feb 11, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-20188 Details - Not Deferred