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GET /api/vulnerabilities/52852?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/52852?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-v4jb-1ut2-5fan", "summary": "Buildah (as part of Podman) vulnerable to Link Following\nA vulnerability was found in buildah. Incorrect following of symlinks while reading .containerignore and .dockerignore results in information disclosure.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2022-4122" }, { "alias": "GHSA-4crw-w8pw-2hmf" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/80502?format=api", "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/containers/podman/v4@4.5.0", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:golang/github.com/containers/podman/v4@4.5.0" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/92975?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/podman@2:5.2.2-1?arch=el9", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-4tcn-jpc2-auas" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-52c5-4udv-jydb" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-p1bh-b1qf-ufg6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-v4jb-1ut2-5fan" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/podman@2:5.2.2-1%3Farch=el9" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-4122.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-4122.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4122", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00167", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.3788", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00167", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.37868", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00167", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.37817", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00167", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.37939", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00167", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.37914", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00173", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.38387", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.3909", "published_at": "2026-04-26T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.39425", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.39386", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.39368", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.3942", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.39391", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.39304", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00178", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.39108", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-4122" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144983", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "Track", "scoring_system": "ssvc", "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-22T20:29:19Z/" } ], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144983" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4122", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4122" }, { "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N" } ], "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/c8eeab21cf0a4f670be0cd399dd06fd5d4e06dfe", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/c8eeab21cf0a4f670be0cd399dd06fd5d4e06dfe" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/16315", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "Track", "scoring_system": "ssvc", "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-22T20:29:19Z/" } ], "url": "https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/16315" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4122", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4122" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 59, "name": "Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')", "description": "The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-v4jb-1ut2-5fan" }