CVE-2024-9341: Containers Common

High severity, CVSS 8.2. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in Go. When FIPS mode is enabled on a system, container runtimes may incorrectly handle certain file paths due to improper validation in the containers/common Go library. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit symbolic links and trick the system into mounting sensitive host directories inside a container. This issue also allows attackers to access critical host files, bypassing the intended isolation between containers and the host system.

Affected products

• Containers Common: any version
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Red Hat Openshift Container Platform: version 4.12 only; version 4.13 only; version 4.14 only; version 4.15 only; version 4.16 only; version 4.17 only

Published 2024-10-01. Last modified 2026-08-11.