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CVE-2022-4122

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4122 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Buildah and Podman, affecting Fedora and Podman Project distributions. This flaw arises from incorrect symlink following when processing .containerignore and .dockerignore files. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized information access without requiring user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman:4.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (10)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containers/podman/v4Fixed in: 4.5.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportFixed in: container-tools:rhel8-8080020240422101606.0f77c1b7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: podman-2:5.2.2-1.el9
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: podman
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: podman
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:rhel8/podman
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:3.0/podman
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Fixed in: buildah
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: container-tools:4.0/podman

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-4crw-w8pw-2hmfmedium

Buildah (as part of Podman) vulnerable to Link Following

Dec 8, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-4122Moderate

podman: Symlink error leads to information disclosure

Nov 22, 2022

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / containers/podman/pull/16315
PatchThird Party Advisory