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CVE-2020-1726

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1726 is a medium-severity flaw in Podman versions 1.6.0 and later, affecting products like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform. It allows malicious containers to overwrite existing files in read-only volumes when a volume is used for the first time. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9, indicating a high impact on integrity with high attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libpod_project:libpod:1.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containers/podmanFixed in: 2.0.6
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containers/podman/v2Fixed in: 2.0.6
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:rhel8-8020020200324071414.0d58ad57
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: podman-0:1.6.4-7.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-vmhj-p9hw-vgrfmedium

Podman has Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2020-1726Low

podman: incorrectly allows existing files in volumes to be overwritten by a container when it is created

Feb 11, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00097.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00103.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0680
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory