CVE-2018-10856 — podman: Containers run as non-root users do not drop capabilities

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HIGH

podman: Containers run as non-root users do not drop capabilities

Published Jul 2, 2018

8.7

HIGH

CVSS 4.0

EPSS 0.88%

Description

It has been discovered that podman before version 0.6.1 does not drop capabilities when executing a container as a non-root user. This results in unnecessary privileges being granted to the container.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Podman Default
n/a
- Version
  podman 0.6.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Podman

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
podman 0.6.1	affected	-

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras

podman-0:0.6.1-3.git3e0ff12.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2018:2037
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

podman

Not affected

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras	podman-0:0.6.1-3.git3e0ff12.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2018:2037
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	podman	Not affected	n/a

github.com/containers/podman

Go

Introduced 0 Fixed 0.6.1
github.com/containers/podman/v3

Go

Introduced 0 Fixed not fixed
github.com/containers/podman/v4

Go

Introduced 0 Fixed not fixed
github.com/containers/podman/v2

Go

Introduced 0 Fixed not fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed
Go	github.com/containers/podman	0.6.1
Go	github.com/containers/podman/v3	not fixed
Go	github.com/containers/podman/v4	not fixed
Go	github.com/containers/podman/v2	not fixed

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.88% 0.00878

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00878

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.88% (0.00878)	57.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.88% (0.00878)	57.49th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.19% (0.00194)	57.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 23, 2023	0.19% (0.00194)	57.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 3, 2023	0.19% (0.00187)	56.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00186)	54.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.83% (0.00833)	24.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.83% (0.00833)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment

References (8)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10856
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1592166
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10856
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp7w-vx86-vj9h
Advisory
https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10856
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10856

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2037		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10856		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1592166		Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10856		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp7w-vx86-vj9h		Advisory
https://github.com/projectatomic/libpod/commit/bae80a0b663925ec751ad2784ca32989403cdc24		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10856
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10856