What is CVE-2021-20188?

CVE-2021-20188 is a high-severity vulnerability in Podman_project Podman, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-20188?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Podman_project Podman

CVE-2021-20188

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…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Podman_project Podman
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Redhat Openshift_container_platform — versions 3.11
N/a Podman — versions podman 1.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20188?: CVE-2021-20188 is a high-severity vulnerability in Podman_project Podman, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2021-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-20188?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.