CVE-2025-9566

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 80% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target file to be overwritten but not the content to be written into the file.

Binary-Affected: podman Upstream-version-introduced: v4.0.0 Upstream-version-fixed: v5.6.1

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EPSS
58.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 5, 2025

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated May 19, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16481
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16480
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15904
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15901
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15900
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2025:4782
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16163
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:16158
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15712
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2025:15692

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-9566(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(28)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpodman-6:5.8.0-1.el92026-05-19redhat
redhatpodman-7:5.8.0-2.el102026-05-19redhat
redhatpodman-main-5.8.2-1.hum12026-04-14redhat
redhatrhcos-412.86.202510291903-02025-11-13redhat
redhatpodman-7:5.6.0-5.el10_12025-11-11redhat
redhatpodman-6:5.6.0-6.el9_72025-11-11redhat
redhatrhcos-414.92.202510211419-02025-10-30redhat
redhatrhcos-4.20.9.6.202510220229-02025-10-30redhat
redhatrhcos-418.94.202510230424-02025-10-29redhat
redhatrhcos-413.92.202510150118-02025-10-23redhat
redhatdevspaces/udi-rhel9:3.24-17611601602025-10-23redhat
redhatrhcos-4.19.9.6.202510140714-02025-10-22redhat
redhatrhcos-417.94.202510112152-02025-10-22redhat
redhatwasmedge-0:0.14.0-2.rhaos4.20.el92025-10-21redhat
redhatpodman-3:4.2.0-15.rhaos4.12.el92025-10-16redhat
redhatpodman-4:4.9.4-16.rhaos4.16.el82025-10-01redhat
redhatpodman-3:4.4.1-23.rhaos4.14.el82025-09-25redhat
redhatpodman-3:4.4.1-35.rhaos4.15.el82025-09-25redhat
redhatpodman-4:4.9.4-18.el9_4.32025-09-23redhat
redhatpodman-2:4.2.0-6.el9_0.52025-09-23redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8060020250919150821.3b538bd82025-09-23redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8080020250919060528.0f77c1b72025-09-23redhat
redhatpodman-2:4.4.1-22.el9_2.42025-09-23redhat
redhatpodman-5:5.2.2-11.rhaos4.18.el92025-09-17redhat
redhatpodman-5:5.4.0-13.el9_62025-09-16redhat
redhatpodman-5:5.4.0-7.rhaos4.19.el92025-09-16redhat
redhatpodman-6:5.4.0-13.el10_02025-09-16redhat
redhatcontainer-tools:rhel8-8100020250911075811.afee755d2025-09-16redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(5)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/containers/podman———
github.com/containers/podman/v2———
github.com/containers/podman/v3———
github.com/containers/podman/v4———
github.com/containers/podman/v5—5.6.1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(9)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-9566?
CVE-2025-9566 is a high vulnerability published on September 5, 2025. There's a vulnerability in podman where an attacker may use the kube play command to overwrite host files when the kube file container a Secrete or a ConfigMap volume mount and such volume contains a symbolic link to a host file path. In a successful attack, the attacker can only control the target…
When was CVE-2025-9566 disclosed?
CVE-2025-9566 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 5, 2025, with the most recent update on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-9566 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-9566 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 58.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-9566?
CVE-2025-9566 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-9566?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-9566, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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