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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-9566

There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and suc

Published Sep 5, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 8, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-9566. EPSS is 1.16%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.16%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 patch: 6:5.6.0-6.el9_7

There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file. Binary-Affected: podman Upstream-version-introduced: v4.0.0 Upstream-version-fixed: v5.6.1

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  • vendor Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 patch: 6:5.6.0-6.el9_7patch: 6:5.6.0-6.el9_7

How to fix CVE-2025-9566

  • Recommended remediation

    A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-9566. EPSS is 1.16%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 patch: 6:5.6.0-6.el9_7 patch: 6:5.6.0-6.el9_7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.16%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file. Binary-Affected: podman Upst

  2. Oct 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file. Binary-Affected: podman Upst

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-27030

    There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 8, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.