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Permalink CVE-2026-19730
4.2 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): Required (R)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): Low (L)
  • Integrity (I): Low (L)
  • Availability (A): Low (L)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): Required (R)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): Low (L)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): Low (L)
  • Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)
created 1 week, 4 days ago Activity log
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Podman: podman: quadlet install --replace non-truncating write retains removed host-access directives

The 'podman quadlet install --replace' command opens the existing destination file with O_CREATE|O_WRONLY but omits O_TRUNC. When the initial reflink copy attempt fails (common on non-reflink-capable filesystems including many RHEL default XFS configurations), the fallback in ReflinkOrCopy uses io.Copy which performs a non-truncating write. If the original Quadlet is larger than the new Quadlet, the file is not truncated and content from the original is preserved. The command completes with no warning. There is no risk of information leakage as the user already had access to the Quadlet in order to replace it, and in most cases, this would only lead to invalid Quadlet files. However, security-related options from the end of the old Quadlet could be included in the new Quadlet, and if the truncation resulted in a valid Quadlet file, this could result in undesirable behavior. For example, running podman quadlet install --replace to remove a single line from the end of a Quadlet - including security-sensitive content, like AddCapability - will fail, and the option will continue to be used. Further, with Volume Quadlets, this can include additional mounts which can cause content to be unintentionally exposed into containers. If, later, the image is updated then compromised content might be leaked to an attacker. The vulnerable code paths are in pkg/domain/infra/abi/quadlet.go (lines 338-360, O_CREATE|O_WRONLY without O_TRUNC) and vendor/go.podman.io/storage/pkg/fileutils/reflink_linux.go (lines 12-19, non-truncating io.Copy fallback).

Affected products

podman
devspaces/udi-rhel9
quay/quay-builder-rhel8
quay/quay-builder-rhel9
devspaces/udi-base-rhel9
devspaces/udi-base-rhel10
container-tools:rhel8/podman
ansible-automation-platform-24/eda-controller-rhel8
ansible-automation-platform-25/eda-controller-rhel8
ansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9
ansible-automation-platform-27/eda-controller-rhel9
container-native-virtualization/ocp-virt-validation-checkup-rhel9

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.podman

Program for managing pods, containers and container images

pkgs.cockpit-podman

Cockpit UI for podman containers

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    • nixpkgs-26.05-darwin 125

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