GHSA-wp3j-xq48-xpjw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — podman kube play symlink traversal vulnerability
There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file. Binary-Affected: podman Upstream-version-introduced: v4.0.0 Upstream-version-fixed: v5.6.1
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-9566 is rated Low Risk (39.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2026-05-22 | 0.05% | 0.06% | +0.02% |
| 2 | 2026-05-20 | 0.05% | 0.05% | -0.01% |
| 3 | 2026-04-22 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 8.1 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.2 | [email protected] |
GHSA-wp3j-xq48-xpjw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — podman kube play symlink traversal vulnerability
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2025-9566: 1 source package rows (podman); 2 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 2, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-9566 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-9566 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (libpod, podman), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-9566 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9566 |
suse
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high | CVE-2025-9566 severity important: SUSE including 320 source package names (2.0.4-5.5.390:podman-4.9.5-150500.3.49.1, 2.1.3-6.94:podman-4.9.5-8.1, …), 583 product×package rows across 125 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (125 product lines)): Fixed 348, Known Affected 231, First Fixed 4. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9566/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-9566 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libpod, podman), 10 status rows across 5 suites (jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 4, needed 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-9566 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||