CVE-2024-5154
A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.24% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- kubernetes/cri-o · redhat/openshift container platform
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.2% since 26 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-2024:10818
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3676Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3700Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4008Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4486Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3676Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3700Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4008Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4486Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.