CVE-2018-10856
It has been discovered that podman before version 0.6.1 does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
It has been discovered that podman before version 0.6.1 does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. This results in unnecessary privileges being granted to the container.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.88% probability · 59th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-250, CWE-732
- Affected
- libpod project/libpod
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10856Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10856Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.