What is CVE-2018-10856?

CVE-2018-10856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libpod Project, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-10856?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libpod Project

CVE-2018-10856

It has been discovered that podman before version 0.6.1 does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. This results in unnecessary privileges being granted to the container.

Published 2018-07-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libpod Project
[Unknown] Podman — versions podman 0.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10856?: CVE-2018-10856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libpod Project, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-10856?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.