CVE-2024-9341 — common
MEDIUMCVE-2024-9341 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) CWE-59 vulnerability in github.com/containers/common. A fix is available for github.com/containers/common — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Podman: buildah: cri-o: fips crypto-policy directory mounting issue in containers/common go library
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-9341.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-9341 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,166 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/containers/commonReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
A flaw was found in Go. When FIPS mode is enabled on a system, container runtimes may incorrectly handle certain file paths due to improper validation in the containers/common Go library. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit symbolic links and trick the system into mounting sensitive host directories inside a container. This issue also allows attackers to access critical host files, bypassing the intended isolation between containers and the host system.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/containers/common | all versions | 0.60.4go get github.com/containers/common@v0.60.4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/containers/common, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/containers/common to 0.60.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-9341 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-9341 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2024-9341. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | container-tools:rhel8-8100020241023085649.afee755d | RHSA-2024:8846 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | podman-4:4.9.4-13.el9_4 | RHSA-2024:8039 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | buildah-2:1.33.9-1.el9_4 | RHSA-2024:8112 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | podman-4:5.2.2-9.el9_5 | RHSA-2024:9454 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | buildah-2:1.37.5-1.el9_5 | RHSA-2024:9459 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 | cri-o-0:1.25.5-30.rhaos4.12.git53dc492.el8 | RHSA-2024:8694 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 | cri-o-0:1.26.5-26.rhaos4.13.giteb3d487.el8 | RHSA-2024:8690 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | cri-o-0:1.27.8-10.rhaos4.14.git807f92c.el8 | RHSA-2024:8238 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-9341 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2024-9341 across Go dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.