CVE-2023-25809

aardvark-dns: The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc. Se...

CVE-2023-25809 is fixed in 38 products on 1 platform, first by golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2, released March 29, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0032
25th percentile

The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc. Security Fix(es): * go-yaml: Improve heuristics preventing CPU/memory abuse by parsing malicious or large YAML documents (CVE-2022-3064) * golang: html/template: improper handling of JavaScript whitespace (CVE-2023-24540) * net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2: avoid quadratic complexity in HPACK decoding (CVE-2022-41723) * golang: crypto/tls: large handshake records may cause panics (CVE-2022-41724) * golang: net/http, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2022-41725) * golang.org/x/net/html: Cross site scripting (CVE-2023-3978) * golang: net/http, net/textproto: denial of service from excessive memory allocation (CVE-2023-24534) * golang: net/http, net/textproto, mime/multipart: denial of service from excessive resource consumption (CVE-2023-24536) * golang: go/parser: Infinite loop in parsing (CVE-2023-24537) * golang: html/template: backticks not treated as string delimiters (CVE-2023-24538) * golang: html/template: improper sanitization of CSS values (CVE-2023-24539) * containerd: Supplementary groups are not set up properly (CVE-2023-25173) * runc: Rootless runc makes `/sys/fs/cgroup` writable (CVE-2023-25809) * runc: volume mount race condition (regression of CVE-2019-19921) (CVE-2023-27561) * runc: AppArmor can be bypassed when `/proc` inside the container is symlinked with a specific mount configuration (CVE-2023-28642) * golang: html/template: improper handling of empty HTML attributes (CVE-2023-29400) * golang: net/http: insufficient sanitization of Host header (CVE-2023-29406) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
aardvark-dns · RHEL 8 2:1.7.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
aardvark-dns · almalinux 8 2:1.7.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3657+d86e192f ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
aardvark-dns · ol 8 2:1.5.0-2.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
buildah · RHEL 8 1:1.31.3-1.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
buildah · almalinux 8 1:1.31.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
buildah · ol 8 1:1.29.1-2.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
buildah · rocky 8 1:1.24.6-7.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
buildah-tests · RHEL 8 1:1.31.3-1.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
buildah-tests · almalinux 8 1:1.31.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
buildah-tests · ol 8 1:1.29.1-2.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
cockpit-podman · RHEL 8 0:75-1.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
cockpit-podman · almalinux 8 75-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
cockpit-podman · ol 8 0:63.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
cockpit-podman · rocky 8 0:46-1.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
conmon · RHEL 8 3:2.1.8-1.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
conmon · almalinux 8 3:2.1.8-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
conmon · ol 8 3:2.1.6-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
conmon · rocky 8 2:2.1.4-2.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
container-selinux · RHEL 8 2:2.221.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19685+019f3589 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
container-selinux · almalinux 8 2:2.221.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
container-selinux · ol 8 2:2.205.0-2.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
container-selinux · rocky 8 2:2.205.0-3.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
containernetworking-plugins · RHEL 8 1:1.3.0-4.module+el8.9.0+19649+5879504a RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
containernetworking-plugins · almalinux 8 1:1.3.0-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
containernetworking-plugins · ol 8 1:1.2.0-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
containernetworking-plugins · rocky 8 1:1.1.1-5.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
containers-common · RHEL 8 2:1-54.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
containers-common · almalinux 8 2:1-54.module_el8.9.0+3673+0c64b403 ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
containers-common · ol 8 2:1-64.0.1.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
containers-common · rocky 8 2:1-38.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
crit · RHEL 8 0:3.18-4.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
crit · almalinux 8 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
crit · ol 8 0:3.15-3.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
criu · RHEL 8 0:3.18-4.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
criu · almalinux 8 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
criu · ol 8 0:3.15-3.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
criu · rocky 8 0:3.15-3.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
criu-devel · RHEL 8 0:3.18-4.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
criu-devel · almalinux 8 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
criu-devel · ol 8 0:3.15-3.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
criu-libs · RHEL 8 0:3.18-4.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
criu-libs · almalinux 8 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
criu-libs · ol 8 0:3.15-3.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
crun · RHEL 8 0:1.8.7-1.module+el8.9.0+19731+94cfa27e RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
crun · almalinux 8 1.8.7-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
crun · ol 8 0:1.8.4-2.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
crun · rocky 8 0:1.8.3-1.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
fuse-overlayfs · RHEL 8 0:1.12-1.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
fuse-overlayfs · almalinux 8 1.12-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
fuse-overlayfs · ol 8 0:1.11-1.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
fuse-overlayfs · rocky 8 0:1.9-2.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 Mar 29, 2023
golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~20.04.3 golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~20.04.3 Mar 29, 2023
golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.3 golang-github-opencontainers-runc-dev 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.3 Mar 29, 2023
libslirp · RHEL 8 0:4.4.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
libslirp · almalinux 8 4.4.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3615+3543c705 ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
libslirp · ol 8 0:4.4.0-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
libslirp · rocky 8 0:4.4.0-1.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6939 Nov 28, 2025
libslirp-devel · RHEL 8 0:4.4.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
libslirp-devel · almalinux 8 4.4.0-1.module_el8.8.0+3615+3543c705 ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
libslirp-devel · ol 8 0:4.4.0-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
netavark · RHEL 8 2:1.7.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
netavark · almalinux 8 2:1.7.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
netavark · ol 8 2:1.5.0-5.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
oci-seccomp-bpf-hook · RHEL 8 0:1.2.9-1.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
oci-seccomp-bpf-hook · almalinux 8 1.2.9-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
oci-seccomp-bpf-hook · ol 8 0:1.2.8-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
oci-seccomp-bpf-hook · rocky 8 0:1.2.5-2.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
podman · RHEL 8 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman · almalinux 8 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman · ol 8 3:4.4.1-12.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
podman · rocky 8 2:4.0.2-24.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
podman-catatonit · RHEL 8 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-catatonit · almalinux 8 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-catatonit · ol 8 3:4.4.1-12.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
podman-docker · RHEL 8 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-docker · almalinux 8 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-docker · ol 8 3:4.4.1-12.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
podman-gvproxy · RHEL 8 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-gvproxy · almalinux 8 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-gvproxy · ol 8 3:4.4.1-12.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
podman-plugins · RHEL 8 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-plugins · almalinux 8 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-plugins · ol 8 3:4.4.1-12.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
podman-remote · RHEL 8 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-remote · almalinux 8 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-remote · ol 8 3:4.4.1-12.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
podman-tests · RHEL 8 3:4.6.1-4.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-tests · almalinux 8 3:4.6.1-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
podman-tests · ol 8 3:4.4.1-12.module+el8.8.0+21056+d98a0860 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
python-podman · rocky 8 0:4.0.0-2.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
python3-criu · RHEL 8 0:3.18-4.module+el8.9.0+19090+d2921118 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
python3-criu · almalinux 8 3.18-4.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
python3-criu · ol 8 0:3.15-3.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
python3-podman · RHEL 8 0:4.6.0-1.module+el8.9.0+19513+83322573 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
python3-podman · almalinux 8 4.6.0-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
python3-podman · ol 8 0:4.4.1-1.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
runc · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.1.5+ds1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25809 Mar 29, 2023
runc · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.1.5+ds1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25809 Mar 29, 2023
runc · Debian 14 1.1.5+ds1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25809 Mar 29, 2023
runc · RHEL 8 1:1.1.9-1.module+el8.9.0+19648+0d5ae0ec RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
runc · RHEL 9 4:1.1.9-1.el9 RHSA-2023:6380 Nov 7, 2023
runc · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 runc 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 Mar 29, 2023
runc · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~20.04.3 runc 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~20.04.3 Mar 29, 2023
runc · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.3 runc 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.3 Mar 29, 2023
runc · almalinux 8 1:1.1.9-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
runc · almalinux 9 4:1.1.9-1.el9 ALSA-2023:6380 Nov 7, 2023
runc · amzn 2023 1.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-208 Jun 7, 2023
runc · ol 8 1:1.1.4-1.0.1.module+el8.8.0+21119+51f68ed8 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
runc · ol 9 4:1.1.9-1.el9 ELSA-2023-6380 Nov 11, 2023
runc · rocky 8 1:1.1.5-2.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
runc-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-208 Jun 7, 2023
runc-debugsource · amzn 2023 1.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-208 Jun 7, 2023
skopeo · RHEL 8 2:1.13.3-1.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
skopeo · almalinux 8 2:1.13.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
skopeo · ol 8 2:1.11.2-0.2.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
skopeo-tests · RHEL 8 2:1.13.3-1.module+el8.9.0+19761+326da906 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
skopeo-tests · almalinux 8 2:1.13.3-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
skopeo-tests · ol 8 2:1.11.2-0.2.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
slirp4netns · RHEL 8 0:1.2.1-1.module+el8.9.0+19731+94cfa27e RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
slirp4netns · almalinux 8 1.2.1-1.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
slirp4netns · ol 8 0:1.2.0-2.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
slirp4netns · rocky 8 0:1.1.8-3.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025
toolbox · RHEL 8 0:0.0.99.4-5.module+el8.9.0+19655+b08391f8 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
toolbox · almalinux 8 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
toolbox-tests · RHEL 8 0:0.0.99.4-5.module+el8.9.0+19655+b08391f8 RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
toolbox-tests · almalinux 8 0.0.99.4-5.module_el8.9.0+3643+9234dc3b ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
udica · RHEL 8 0:0.2.6-20.module+el8.9.0+19244+655f84ee RHSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
udica · almalinux 8 0.2.6-20.module_el8.8.0+3615+3543c705 ALSA-2023:6939 Nov 14, 2023
udica · ol 8 0:0.2.6-20.module+el8.8.0+21045+adcb6a64 ELSA-2023-12579 Jul 19, 2023
udica · rocky 8 0:0.2.6-4.module+el8.9.0+1445+07728297 RLSA-2023:6938 Nov 28, 2025

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