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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-9675

Buildah allows arbitrary directory mount

Published Oct 9, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 30, 2026 · Buildah allows arbitrary directory

Last checked Oct 30, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-9675. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of Buildah allows arbitrary directory is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Buildah allows arbitrary directory).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.39%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
Go github.com/containers/buildah

A vulnerability was found in Buildah. Cache mounts do not properly validate that user-specified paths for the cache are within our cache directory, allowing a instruction in a Container file to mount an arbitrary directory from the host (read/write) into the container as long as those files can be accessed by the user running Buildah.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • Go github.com/containers/buildah0 → 1.38.0

How to fix CVE-2024-9675

  • Upgrade

    CVE-2024-9675 lists a fix boundary at 1.38.0. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.

  • Version check

    Fixed in 1.38.0

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-9675. EPSS is 0.39%. Act only if a listed version of Buildah allows arbitrary directory is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 0 → 1.38.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.39%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 9, 2024 · Go Vulnerability Database

    Detected

    A vulnerability was found in Buildah. Cache mounts do not properly validate that user-specified paths for the cache are within our cache directory, allowing a instruction in a Container file to mount an arbitrary directory from the host (read/write) into the container as long as those files can be accessed by the user running Buildah.

  2. Oct 30, 2026 · Go Vulnerability Database

    Fix available

    github.com/containers/buildah fixed in 1.38.0

  3. Oct 30, 2026 · Go Vulnerability Database

    Fix available

    github.com/containers/buildah fixed in 1.38.0

  4. Oct 30, 2026 · Go Vulnerability Database

    Updated

    A vulnerability was found in Buildah. Cache mounts do not properly validate that user-specified paths for the cache are within our cache directory, allowing a instruction in a Container file to mount an arbitrary directory from the host (read/write) into the container as long as those files can be accessed by the user running Buildah.

Sources

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 30, 2026
  • Go Vulnerability DatabaseOct 30, 2026