What is CVE-2020-14370?

CVE-2020-14370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podman Project, classified under Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-14370?

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

Is CVE-2020-14370 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Podman Project

CVE-2020-14370

An information disclosure vulnerability was found in containers/podman in versions before 2.0.5. When using the deprecated Varlink API or the Docker-compatible REST API, if multiple containers are created in a short duration, the environment variables from the first container will get leaked into subsequent containers. An attacker who has control over the subsequent containers could use this flaw to gain access to sensitive information stored in such variables.

Published 2020-09-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.5th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Podman Project
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32, 33
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Red Hat Openshift Container Platform — versions 4.6
Podman — versions podman versions before 2.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-212 — Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14370?: CVE-2020-14370 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podman Project, classified under Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-14370?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-14370 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.