CVE-2024-5154
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.2%
67.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-22
Published 2024-06-12 · modified 2026-08-21
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | H | High |
| User Interaction | R | Required |
| Scope | C | Changed |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | N | None |
Timeline
- 2024-06-12 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-21 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10818
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4008
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4159
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4486
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3700
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4008
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4486
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8