CVE-2019-18837 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting crun before version 0.10.5, as well as crun and Fedora projects. It arises from improper symlink checking when processing crafted container images, allowing unauthorized access to files outside the container. With a CVSS score of 8.6, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially leading to significant data confidentiality breaches. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the inherent risk remains high.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:crun_project:crun:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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