CVE-2025-9566Patch

LOWCVSS 8.1 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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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0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

Patch or workaround signal is available
1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
Technical details provided in 1 signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Patch

1100.0%

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DFIR Lab@DFIR_Lab46d
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🚨 HIGH: CVE-2025-9566 (CVSS 8.1) - Podman vulnerability allows attackers to overwrite host files via kube play command with malicious symbolic links in Secret/ConfigMap volumes. Affects v4.0.0+. Patch to v5.6.1+ immediately. #CVE #PatchNow https://t.co/h7p7OIEf35
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The tweet highlights a high‑severity CVE‑2025‑9566, explains its file overwrite mechanism via malicious symlinks in Kubernetes Secret/ConfigMap volumes, and urges users to patch to version 5.6.1+ immediately.
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