CVE-2023-0778

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.54% (45th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.2

v3.16.8mediumAV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.2

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-367USprimaryCWE-367USCWE-367USCWE-59US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a podman≤ unknownenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Podman≤ 4.4.2fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform≤ 4.13fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
podman project podmanall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/containers/podman/v4< 4.4.2osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/containers/podman/v4

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-qwqv-rqgf-8qh8Podman Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition2023-03-27ghsa · osvUS
A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.
GO-2023-1681Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in github.com/containers/podman/v42023-04-03vendor · osvUS
A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw appears in this version of podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-03-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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