CVE-2024-5154 HIGH

CVE-2024-5154: Cri-o: malicious container can create symlink on host

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published June 12, 2024
Last update February 25, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in cri-o. A malicious container can create a symbolic link to arbitrary files on the host via directory traversal (“../“). This flaw allows the container to read and write to arbitrary files on the host system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 12, 2024 CVE published
February 25, 2026 Record updated