CVE-2024-1753 HIGH

CVE-2024-1753: Buildah: full container escape at build time

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Weakness CWE-59
Published March 18, 2024
Last update March 4, 2026

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in Buildah (and subsequently Podman Build) which allows containers to mount arbitrary locations on the host filesystem into build containers. A malicious Containerfile can use a dummy image with a symbolic link to the root filesystem as a mount source and cause the mount operation to mount the host root filesystem inside the RUN step. The commands inside the RUN step will then have read-write access to the host filesystem, allowing for full container escape at build time.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 18, 2024 CVE published
March 4, 2026 Record updated