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libpod — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

Products
libpod
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.3.1+ds1-7
CVEs
CVE-2023-0778
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 15:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Mar 2023, 21:15 UTC

A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778

libpod

Fixed versions: 4.3.1+ds1-7

Complete source record
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  "id": "dea6b79b5d6204ae9e27ef7f1d88cd98e28817cc34e76aa22a5f95b516a4d837",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778",
    "summary": "A Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) flaw was found in podman. This issue may allow a malicious user to replace a normal file in a volume with a symlink while exporting the volume, allowing for access to arbitrary files on the host file system.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "libpod",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "4.3.1+ds1-7",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4.3.1+ds1-7"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "libpod",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libpod?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-0778.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:01:19.373533175Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2023-0778"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-0778"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-0778",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 455449,
  "published_at": "2023-03-27T21:15:10.24+00:00"
}