Path traversal in CRI-O - CVE-2025-0750

 

Path traversal in CRI-O - CVE-2025-0750

Published: February 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103975
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0750
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: CRI-O
Affected software:
CRI-O

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to path traversal in the log management functions UnMountPodLogs() and LinkContainerLogs(). A remote user with permissions to create and delete Pods can unmount arbitrary host paths, including critical system directories, and perform a node-level denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-0750

Install updates from vendor's website.

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