CVE-2024-9675 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in github.com/containers/buildah. A fix is available for github.com/containers/buildah — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Buildah: buildah allows arbitrary directory mount
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-2024-9675.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
A vulnerability was found in Buildah. Cache mounts do not properly validate that user-specified paths for the cache are within our cache directory, allowing a RUN instruction in a Container file to mount an arbitrary directory from the host (read/write) into the container as long as those files can be accessed by the user running Buildah.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/containers/buildah | all versions | 1.38.0go get github.com/containers/buildah@v1.38.0 |
Affected Products
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Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/containers/buildah, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/containers/buildah to 1.38.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-9675 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
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.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2024-9675 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | container-tools:rhel8-8100020241023085649.afee755d | RHSA-2024:8846 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support | container-tools:rhel8-8060020241028154646.3b538bd8 | RHSA-2024:8703 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support | container-tools:rhel8-8080020241025064551.0f77c1b7 | RHSA-2024:8707 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | buildah-2:1.33.10-1.el9_4 | RHSA-2024:8563 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | podman-4:4.9.4-16.el9_4 | RHSA-2024:9051 |
| 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 Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support | buildah-1:1.26.8-2.el9_0 | RHSA-2024:8675 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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