CVE-2024-9675
Published: 09 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-9675 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Redhat Openshift Container Platform. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Escape to Host (T1611); ranked at the 33.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-2945
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Buildah. Cache mounts do not properly validate that user-specified paths for the cache are within our cache directory, allowing a `RUN` instruction in a Container file to mount an arbitrary directory from the host (read/write)…
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into the container as long as those files can be accessed by the user running Buildah.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
The vulnerability in Buildah (CVE-2024-9675) allows a RUN instruction in a Containerfile to mount arbitrary accessible host directories (read/write) into the build container, bypassing cache directory validation and facilitating escape to host filesystem access.
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MITRE ATLAS techniques
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
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Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.