Answer in brief
CVE-2025-9566 records a High severity (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in Podman: podman kube play command may overwrite host files. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps github.com/containers/podman/v4 (go), github.com/containers/podman/v4 (go), github.com/containers/podman/v5 (go), github.com/containers/podman/v5 (go). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps github.com/containers/podman/v4 (go), github.com/containers/podman/v4 (go), github.com/containers/podman/v5 (go), github.com/containers/podman/v5 (go). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/containers/podman/v4go | <=4.9.5 | Not reported |
| github.com/containers/podman/v4go | >=0 | Not reported |
| github.com/containers/podman/v5go | <=5.6.0 | 5.6.1 |
| github.com/containers/podman/v5go | >=0 <5.6.1 | 5.6.1 |
Published upstream
Sep 5, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 25, 2026
There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file. Binary-Affected: podman Upstream-version-introduced: v4.0.0 Upstream-version-fixed: v5.6.1
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