What is CVE-2022-4122?

CVE-2022-4122 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podman Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-4122?

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

Vulnerability in Podman Project

CVE-2022-4122

A vulnerability was found in buildah. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.

Published 2022-12-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.7th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Podman Project — versions 4.3.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36, 37
Podman — versions Podman 4.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/containers/podman/pull/16315 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4122?: CVE-2022-4122 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Podman Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-4122?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.