CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-15809

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Jul 15, 2026 | Modified: Jul 16, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
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A flaw was found in CRI-O. The fix for a previous vulnerability (CVE-2022-4318) was incorrect, allowing it to be bypassed. An attacker capable of setting environment variables on a container can inject a newline character into the HOME environment variable. This issue allows the addition of arbitrary lines into /etc/passwd by use of a specially crafted environment variable.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Potential Mitigations

References