🛡️ CVE-2024-9407 — buildah

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative 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 low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• 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: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-9407 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2024-9407 is recorded against 7 packages.

• github.com/containers/buildah
• github.com/containers/podman
• github.com/containers/podman/v2
• github.com/containers/podman/v3
• github.com/containers/podman/v4
• github.com/containers/podman/v5
• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 9 October 2024 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Advisory)
github.com (Fix)
github.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

github.com/containers/buildah has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-44517 (published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-11218 (8.0 High, published 21 Jan 2025)
• CVE-2024-9675 (published 11 Oct 2024)
• CVE-2020-10696 (published 21 Aug 2024)
• CVE-2024-1753 (8.0 High, published 19 Mar 2024)
• CVE-2022-2990 (8.0 High, published 21 Sep 2022)
• CVE-2021-3602 (published 15 Jul 2022)
• CVE-2022-27651 (published 1 Jul 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29201 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29192 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-1517 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29213 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29191 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29212 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29211 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29207 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-9407 on other distributions

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

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