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TI-2020-08597 Aliases CVE-2020-10696GHSA-fx8w-mjvm-hvpc

Path traversal in Red Hat buildah

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 6 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

A path traversal flaw was found in Buildah in versions before 1.14.5. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into building a malicious container image hosted on an HTTP(s) server and then write files to the user's system anywhere that the user has permissions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02681 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial github.com/containers/buildah (Go): 1.14.4Red Hat: 8 advisoriesRed Hat: 6 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatbuildahFixed in buildah-1.14.5—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/containers/buildah (Go)before 1.14.41.14.4Patch availableGHSA-fx8w-mjvm-hvpc
  • buildah VendorRed Hat Affected Fixed in buildah-1.14.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/containers/buildah (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.14.4 Fixed in 1.14.4 Patch available GHSA-fx8w-mjvm-hvpc

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:buildah_project:buildah:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.14.5VulnerableBuildah Project
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.11VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:buildah_project:buildah:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.14.5 Vulnerable ·Buildah Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-fx8w-mjvm-hvpc github.com/containers/buildah (Go) Fixed in 1.14.4 Advisory →

Red Hat 8 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:2117 Released 2020-05-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    podman security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras podman-1.6.4-18.el7_8, podman-docker-1.6.4-18.el7_8
  • RHSA-2020:2116 Released 2020-05-12 · Red Hat rating Important
    buildah security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras buildah-1.11.6-11.el7_8
  • RHSA-2020:1932 Released 2020-04-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    container-tools:rhel8 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) buildah-1.11.6-8.module+el8.2.0+6368+cf16aa14.aarch64::container-tools:rhel8, buildah-1.11.6-8.module+el8.2.0+6368+cf16aa14.ppc64le::container-tools:rhel8, buildah-1.11.6-8.module+el8.2.0+6368+cf16aa14.s390x::container-tools:rhel8 +47
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  • RHSA-2020:1931 Released 2020-04-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    container-tools:2.0 security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) buildah-1.11.6-7.module+el8.2.0+6369+1f4293b4.aarch64::container-tools:2.0, buildah-1.11.6-7.module+el8.2.0+6369+1f4293b4.ppc64le::container-tools:2.0, buildah-1.11.6-7.module+el8.2.0+6369+1f4293b4.s390x::container-tools:2.0 +47
  • RHSA-2020:1926 Released 2020-04-28 · Red Hat rating Important
    container-tools:1.0 security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) buildah-1.5-4.gite94b4f9.module+el8.2.0+6370+6fb6c8ca.aarch64::container-tools:1.0, buildah-1.5-4.gite94b4f9.module+el8.2.0+6370+6fb6c8ca.ppc64le::container-tools:1.0, buildah-1.5-4.gite94b4f9.module+el8.2.0+6370+6fb6c8ca.s390x::container-tools:1.0 +47
  • RHSA-2020:1449 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Low
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.41 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1 podman-1.0.2-4.dev.git96ccc2e.rhaos4.1.el8, podman-docker-1.0.2-4.dev.git96ccc2e.rhaos4.1.el8
  • RHSA-2020:1396 Released 2020-04-14 · Red Hat rating Low
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.3.12 podman security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3 podman-1.6.4-10.rhaos4.3.el8, podman-docker-1.6.4-10.rhaos4.3.el8, podman-manpages-1.6.4-10.rhaos4.3.el8 +2
  • RHSA-2020:1401 Released 2020-04-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.28 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 podman-1.4.2-6.rhaos4.2.el8, podman-docker-1.4.2-6.rhaos4.2.el8, podman-manpages-1.4.2-6.rhaos4.2.el8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ExtrasFixed RHSA-2020:2116, RHSA-2020:2117
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2020:1926, RHSA-2020:1931, RHSA-2020:1932
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.1Fixed RHSA-2020:1449
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2Fixed RHSA-2020:1401
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed RHSA-2020:1396
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4Fixed—

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10696
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fx8w-mjvm-hvpc
  3. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-10530 Code injection in [UNKNOWN] RichFaces KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-23530 Sudo before 1.9.17p1 allows local users to obtain root access because /etc/nsswitch.conf… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2021-17490 mod_proxy SSRF KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
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