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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU103975

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.1 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0750

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

CRI-O
cri-o (Red Hat package)
openshift-clients (Red Hat package)
podman (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Install updates from vendor's website.

CRI-O - addressed in versions 1.29.13, 1.30.10, 1.31.5, 1.32.1
cri-o (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.30.10-3.rhaos4.17.gitd088fcf.el8, 1.30.10-3.rhaos4.17.gitd088fcf.el9
openshift-clients (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.17.0-202502051534.p0.g1b0bf08.assembly.stream.el8, 4.17.0-202502051534.p0.g1b0bf08.assembly.stream.el9
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.17.16
podman (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.2.2-3.rhaos4.17.el8, 5.2.2-3.rhaos4.17.el9

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1122
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-0750
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2339405

• Denial of service in CRI-O
• Path traversal in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17