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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2025-0022

NIXPKGS-2025-0022
published on 29 Oct 2025
updated 3 months ago by @Erethon Activity log
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Podman: buildah: container breakout by using --jobs=2 and a race condition when building a malicious containerfile

A vulnerability was found in `podman build` and `buildah.` This issue occurs in a container breakout by using --jobs=2 and a race condition when building a malicious Containerfile. SELinux might mitigate it, but even with SELinux on, it still allows the enumeration of files and directories on the host.

Affected products

rhcos
  • *
podman
  • *
buildah
  • <1.35.5
  • *
  • <1.38.1
  • <1.33.12
  • <1.37.6
container-tools:rhel8
  • *
container-tools:rhel8/podman
container-tools:rhel8/buildah

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.podman

Program for managing pods, containers and container images

pkgs.buildah

Tool which facilitates building OCI images

pkgs.podman-tui

Podman Terminal UI

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