SCA: security update for github.com/containers/podman, github.com/containers/podman/v2 (GHSA-vmhj-p9hw-vgrf)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419422

Description

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

- A flaw was discovered in Podman where it incorrectly allows containers when created to overwrite existing
files in volumes, even if they are mounted as read-only. When a user runs a malicious container or a
container based on a malicious image with an attached volume that is used for the first time, it is
possible to trigger the flaw and overwrite files in the volume.This issue was introduced in version 1.6.0.
(CVE-2020-1726)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmhj-p9hw-vgrf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419422

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1726

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1726

cwe: CWE-552