SCA: security update for github.com/containers/podman/v4 (GHSA-qwqv-rqgf-8qh8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418379

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to
replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to
arbitrary files on the host file system. (CVE-2023-0778)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwqv-rqgf-8qh8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418379

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.37

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0778

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0778

cwe: CWE-367