Vulnerability in Podman Project
CVE-2021-20199
Rootless containers run with Podman, receive all traffic with a source IP address of 127.0.0.1 (including from remote hosts). This impacts containerized applications that trust localhost (127.0.01) connections by default and do not require authentication. This issue affects Podman 1.8.0 onwards.
EPSS: 0.011 (65.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Podman_project Podman
- N/a Podman — versions podman 1.8.0 onwards
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-20199?
- CVE-2021-20199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podman Project, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2021-02-02.
- How severe is CVE-2021-20199?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.