CVE-2020-1726

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1726
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-11 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:40:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was discovered in Podman where it incorrectly allows containers when created to overwrite existing files in volumes, even if they are mounted as read-only. When a user runs a malicious container or a container based on a malicious image with an attached volume that is used for the first time, it is possible to trigger the flaw and overwrite files in the volume.This issue was introduced in version 1.6.0.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-552

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libpod Project Libpod 1.6.0 - All All
Application Libpod Project Libpod 1.6.0 - All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 4.3 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 4.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1801152 – (CVE-2020-1726) CVE-2020-1726 podman: incorrectly allows existing files in volumes to be overwritten by a container when it is created CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1559-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
1801152 – (CVE-2020-1726) CVE-2020-1726 podman: incorrectly allows existing files in volumes to be overwritten by a container when it is created MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1552-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159667 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for container-tools:ol8 (ELSA-2020-1650)
  • 377377 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for container-tools:rhel8 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0013)
  • 501895 Alpine Linux Security Update for podman
  • 750618 OpenSUSE Security Update for conmon, fuse-overlayfs, libcontainers-common, podman (openSUSE-SU-2020:1559-1)
  • 750623 OpenSUSE Security Update for conmon, fuse-overlayfs, libcontainers-common, podman (openSUSE-SU-2020:1552-1)
  • 770014 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.5 Security Update (RHSA-2020:0680)
  • 940531 AlmaLinux Security Update for container-tools:rhel8 (ALSA-2020:1650)
  • 960829 Rocky Linux Security Update for container-tools:rhel8 (RLSA-2020:1650)
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