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CVE-2024-9675: Buildah: buildah allows arbitrary directory mount

A vulnerability was found in Buildah. Cache mounts do not properly validate that user-specified paths for the cache are within our cache directory, allowing a `RUN` instruction in a Container file to mount an arbitrary directory from the host (read/write) into the container as long as those files can be accessed by the user running Buildah.

HighCVSS 7.8Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

Buildah can let a container build file mount a host directory into the build container when cache mount paths are not properly constrained. If a malicious or untrusted build runs under a user with access to sensitive host files, those files could be read or changed.

Executive priority

Treat as high priority where container builds cross trust boundaries. The main business risk is leakage or modification of host-accessible files from build infrastructure, not remote internet compromise by itself.

Technical view

CVE-2024-9675 is a CWE-22 path validation issue in Buildah cache mounts. A RUN instruction can mount an arbitrary host directory read/write into the container, limited by the permissions of the user running Buildah. Red Hat lists affected Buildah, Podman, container-tools, and OpenShift builder packages.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely in CI/CD, image build workers, developer workstations, and OpenShift build environments that process untrusted or semi-trusted Containerfiles using affected Red Hat Buildah, Podman, container-tools, or ose-docker-builder packages.

Exploitation context

The CVSS vector is local, low complexity, low privilege, and no user interaction. The source bundle says KEV is false and provides no evidence of active exploitation. The attacker needs a way to influence a build file executed by affected tooling.

Researcher notes

Do not assume full host compromise beyond the build user’s file permissions. The key validation question is whether an attacker can control a RUN cache mount path in a build executed by affected tooling.

Mitigation direction

  • Apply the relevant Red Hat security advisory updates for installed packages.
  • Prioritize shared build hosts and CI runners processing untrusted Containerfiles.
  • Restrict who can submit or modify container build definitions.
  • Run builds with least-privileged accounts and isolated workers.
  • Check vendor guidance before applying non-vendor workarounds.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Buildah, Podman, container-tools, and ose-docker-builder versions.
  • Compare installed versions with the Red Hat affected package list.
  • Identify CI jobs or OpenShift builds accepting external Containerfiles.
  • Confirm updated packages are deployed on all build workers.
  • Review build-worker host file permissions for sensitive accessible paths.
Prepared
Confidence
high
Sources
12

Public sources used

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Potential ATT&CK relevance

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
5Timeline events
1ADP providers
26Source links

SSVC decision data

CISA-ADPCISA Coordinator
Timestamp
Version
2.0.3
Exploitation: noneAutomatable: noTechnical Impact: partial

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
7.8CVSS 3.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H1.85.9redhat

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

7.8High
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2024-9675Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Vulnerability timeline

Timeline events are normalized from CVE metadata, CNA source timelines, ADP timelines, and KEV metadata when present.

  1. Source timelineredhat

    Made public.

  2. Source timelineredhat

    Reported to Red Hat.

  3. CVE reservedCVE Program

    The CVE ID was reserved by the assigning CNA.

  4. CVE publishedCVE Program

    The CVE record was published.

  5. CVE updatedCVE Program

    The CVE record metadata indicates this as the latest update time.

ADP provider summaries

CISA-ADPCISA ADP Vulnrichment
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Source materials

  • CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
  • RHSA-2024:8563CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8675CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8679CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8686CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8690CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8700CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8703CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8707CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8708CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8709CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8846CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8984CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:8994CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:9051CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:9454CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2024:9459CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2025:2445CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2025:2449CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2025:2454CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2025:2701CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2025:2710CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2025:3301CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
  • RHSA-2025:3573CVE reference, redhat · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
Unknown vendorbuildahbuildah, 0unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8container-tools:rhel8, 8100020241023085649.afee755daffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportcontainer-tools:rhel8, 8060020241028154646.3b538bd8affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Servicecontainer-tools:rhel8, 8060020241028154646.3b538bd8affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutionscontainer-tools:rhel8, 8060020241028154646.3b538bd8affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Supportcontainer-tools:rhel8, 8080020241025064551.0f77c1b7affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9buildah, 2:1.33.10-1.el9_4affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9podman, 4:4.9.4-16.el9_4affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9podman, 4:5.2.2-9.el9_5affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9buildah, 2:1.37.5-1.el9_5affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Supportbuildah, 1:1.26.8-2.el9_0affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Supportpodman, 2:4.2.0-5.el9_0.2affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Supportbuildah, 1:1.29.4-1.el9_2affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Supportpodman, 2:4.4.1-21.el9_2affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12openshift4/ose-docker-builder, v4.12.0-202503181728.p0.ge355452.assembly.stream.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13podman, 3:4.4.1-15.rhaos4.13.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13openshift4/ose-docker-builder, v4.13.0-202503111300.p0.gb379980.assembly.stream.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14podman, 3:4.4.1-21.rhaos4.14.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14openshift4/ose-docker-builder, v4.14.0-202503060906.p0.gb03f3f5.assembly.stream.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15podman, 3:4.4.1-32.rhaos4.15.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15openshift4/ose-docker-builder, v4.15.0-202503060734.p0.gbc0b789.assembly.stream.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16podman, 4:4.9.4-12.rhaos4.16.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16openshift4/ose-docker-builder-rhel9, v4.16.0-202503121138.p0.g31c3c26.assembly.stream.el9affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17podman, 5:5.2.2-1.rhaos4.17.el8affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17openshift4/ose-docker-builder-rhel9, v4.17.0-202503041005.p0.gc3b0999.assembly.stream.el9affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18openshift4/ose-docker-builder-rhel9, v4.18.0-202503040802.p0.g6a5ec2a.assembly.stream.el9affected
Red HatOpenShift Developer Tools and Servicesocp-tools-4/jenkins-agent-base-rhel8affected
Red HatOpenShift Developer Tools and Servicesocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10buildahunaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10podmanunaffected
Weakness

CWE details

CWE-22

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CWE-22 · source CWE mapping

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.

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