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CyberDudeBivash Global Vulnerability Report CVE-2025-9566 – Podman kube play Symlink Traversal Vulnerability

 


Date: September 2025
Author: Bivash Kumar Nayak, Founder, CyberDudeBivash — Your Global Threat Intelligence Authority

1. Executive Summary

A high-severity path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in Podman’s kube play command, tracked as CVE-2025-9566 (CVSS 3.1 = 8.1) NVDDaily CyberSecurity. In environments where a ConfigMap or Secret volume includes a symbolic link pointing to a host file, repeated execution of podman kube play allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary host files, compromising system integrity and availability zeropath.commiggo.ioDaily CyberSecurity.

Although the attacker cannot control the file contents (those come from the YAML), choosing the target path enables disruption or sabotage of critical host files. This risk spans developer laptops, CI pipelines, and production container hosts.

2. Technical Breakdown & Attack Flow

  • Vulnerable Component: podman kube play command (Podman versions from 4.0.0 up to 5.6.0), patched in version 5.6.1 NVDmiggo.iocvetodo.comDaily CyberSecurity.

  • Root Cause: Use of os.Create without preventing symlink resolution in playKubePod leads to symlink traversal (CWE-22) miggo.io.

  • Exploit Conditions:

    1. kube play is used with ConfigMap or Secret volume containing a symlink pointing outside the container (e.g., /etc/passwd).

    2. The command is rerun on the same volume. The symlink causes Podman to follow it and overwrite the host file.

  • Impact: Overwrites host files without altering file content, enabling integrity and availability disruptions (e.g., service crashes, configuration breaks) zeropath.comOffSeq Threat Radar.

3. Business & Operational Impact

  • Host Integrity Compromise: Critical system files overwritten, leading to system instabilities or denials of service.

  • Infrastructure Chaos: CI pipelines, orchestration systems, and container hosts may fail unpredictably.

  • Regulatory Risks: Potential violation of SLAs, GDPR, and operational continuity, especially in regulated sectors.

  • Attack Chaining: While content isn’t controlled by attacker, critical file overwrites can trigger privilege escalation or environment takeover.

4. Mitigation & Incident Response

Immediately:

  • Patch to Podman v5.6.1 or later NVDDaily CyberSecurity.

  • Avoid using kube play with ConfigMap/Secret volumes containing symbolic links — a critical temporary workaround Daily CyberSecuritycvetodo.com.

  • Validate YAML files for symlinks; enforce safe volume mount patterns.

  • Implement file integrity monitoring (FIM) on host systems to detect unauthorized file overwrites.

Long-Term Best Practices:

  • Leverage container security monitoring (XDR/EDR) to detect suspicious volume mount operations.

  • Restrict the use of kube play to trusted environments.

  • Educate developers and DevOps teams on secure volume configurations.

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5. CyberDudeBivash Lab Insights

In our labs, we simulated the exploit: created a symlink in a mounted ConfigMap, then reran podman kube play, resulting in overwrite of a host system file. Our Threat Analyzer App has been updated to detect indicators of CVE-2025-9566 exploitation in real time.

6. Strategic Guidance

  • Developers & DevOps: Enforce safe YAML volume practices and avoid misuse of kube play.

  • Security Teams: Audit existing systems for vulnerable Podman versions, enforce segmentation, and monitor suspicious writes to host files.

  • Leadership: Integrate runtime container security into compliance and risk frameworks.

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