Path Traversal in Buildah Project
CVE-2020-10696
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Buildah Project
- Red Hat Buildah — versions Fixed in buildah-1.14.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Red Hat Openshift Container Platform — versions 3.11
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/containers/buildah/pull/2245 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-10696 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-10696?
- CVE-2020-10696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Buildah Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-03-31.
- How severe is CVE-2020-10696?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-10696 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.