CVE-2024-5154 | Cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host

A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

Published: 2024-06-12 Last update: 2025-06-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-5154 is rated Moderate Risk (61.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-5154

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-25 1.75% 1.70% -0.05%
2 2026-05-22 1.68% 1.75% +0.07%
3 2026-01-19 — 1.68% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-5154

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.7 5.8 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-5154

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-5154

GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — malicious container creates symlink "mtab" on the host External

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-5154

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-5154 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cri-o), 5 status rows across 5 suites (focal, jammy, noble, oracular, upstream): DNE 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5154

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-5154

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kubernetes cri-o 1.28.6 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:1.28.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kubernetes cri-o 1.29.4 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:1.29.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kubernetes cri-o 1.30.0 cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:cri-o:1.30.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.12 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.14 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.15 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-5154

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