CVE-2024-0234
Description
A vulnerability was found in Podman Desktop. A misuse of RUN_AS_NODE set to true by default allows the usage of ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE, which might enable arbitrary code execution, and access to sensitive information for non-privileged processes.
Statement
This issue only affectes the macOS version of the podman-desktop application.
The podman-desktop is a graphical interface that runs on top of podman. Podman itself is not affected.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Privileges Required | Low | N/A | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | N/A | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | High | N/A | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | N/A | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Mykola Grymalyuk (RIPEDA Consulting) for reporting this issue.
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