🛡️ CVE-2023-0778 — enterprise-linux

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-0778 is classified as CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition. The state checked and the state acted upon can differ, because it may change between the two steps.

Affected software

CVE-2023-0778 is recorded against 3 packages.

• enterprise-linux
• github.com/containers/podman/v4
• podman

Timeline and source

Published on 27 March 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com

Other advisories for this package

enterprise-linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-59091 (7.3 High, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-59090 (8.4 High, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-59088 (5.5 Medium, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-59087 (7.8 High, published 10 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71226 (7.3 High, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71225 (6.5 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-71227 (5.1 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-68744 (3.3 Low, published 4 Aug 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition) in other software:

• CVE-2022-23563 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23826 (published 15 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-26522 (7.8 High, published 8 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-27540 (7.8 High, published 28 Jun 2024)
• CVE-2022-23181 (8.0 High, published 6 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2022-23084 (7.5 High, published 15 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2022-24351 (4.7 Medium, published 16 Dec 2023)
• CVE-2022-31636 (7.8 High, published 13 Jun 2023)

CVE-2023-0778 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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