Host-file exposure via FIPS path symlink following
Published Oct 1, 2024 · Updated Aug 11, 2026
Link following in containers/common before 0.60.4 allows remote authenticated users to expose host files through a container. MountsWithUIDGID joins an image-controlled FIPS backend path to the host mount point with filepath.Join, which follows a symlink outside the image root. FIPS mode must be enabled, and a malicious image containing the symlink must be run; the demonstrated consequence is access to sensitive host files.
Summary
What happened
Link following in containers/common before 0.60.4 allows remote authenticated users to expose host files through a container. MountsWithUIDGID joins an image-controlled FIPS backend path to the host mount point with filepath.Join, which follows a symlink outside the image root. FIPS mode must be enabled, and a malicious image containing the symlink must be run; the demonstrated consequence is access to sensitive host files.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9341
- Published
- Oct 1, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Red Hat
- Product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Classifications
- CWE-59, T1611
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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