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critical 10.0

CVE-2026-94603 json

Podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing by image annotation

published 29d ago modified 8d ago also EUVD-2026-98929 , GHSA-2cvf-wqm6-wr9g , GO-2026-6770

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 4.4.0 until 5.8.8 and 6.1.3, podman run treats an image carrying the io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.runtime.name annotation as a checkpoint and silently ignores user-supplied container creation restrictions such as --cap-drop=ALL, allowing image-controlled checkpoint state to select weaker sandbox settings and capabilities. Rootless containers are not affected because checkpoint and restore are unavailable in that mode. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.8 and 6.1.3.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/containers/podman/v4 5.8.8
  • go go.podman.io/podman/v6 6.1.3
  • go github.com/containers/podman/v5 5.8.8
  • podman_project podman 5.8.8, 6.1.3
  • podman Debian 14 5.8.6+ds1-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-94603

  • podman hummingbird 1 6.1.3-1.hum1
  • podmansh hummingbird 1 6.1.3-1.hum1
  • podman-docker hummingbird 1 6.1.3-1.hum1
  • podman-remote hummingbird 1 6.1.3-1.hum1
  • podman-machine hummingbird 1 6.1.3-1.hum1
  • podman hummingbird 1 6.1.2-1.1.hum1
  • podmansh hummingbird 1 6.1.2-1.1.hum1
  • podman-docker hummingbird 1 6.1.2-1.1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:74861RHSA-2026:74178

  • podman openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.1.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12370-1

  • podman AlmaLinux 10 7:5.8.2-10.el10_2.alma.1
  • podman-tests AlmaLinux 10 7:5.8.2-10.el10_2.alma.1
  • podman-docker AlmaLinux 10 7:5.8.2-10.el10_2.alma.1
  • podman-remote AlmaLinux 10 7:5.8.2-10.el10_2.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:88202

  • podman Alpine 3.24 5.8.8-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-94603

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-94603 updated cvss 8.6

podman: podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing - including user-requested sandboxing - by image annotation

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/eda-controller-rhel9 Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop rh-podman-desktop Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +1 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 podman, podman-tests, podman-docker, podman-remote, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, +4 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Quay 3 quay/quay-builder-rhel8, quay/quay-builder-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) podman 5.8.2-10.el10_2, podman-docker 5.8.2-10.el10_2, podman-remote 5.8.2-10.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:88202
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.8) podman 5.8.2-10.el9_8, podman-tests 5.8.2-10.el9_8, podman-docker 5.8.2-10.el9_8, podman-remote 5.8.2-10.el9_8, podman-plugins 5.8.2-10.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:99093
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) podman-tests 5.8.2-10.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:88202
  • Red Hat Hardened Images podman 6.1.3-1.hum1, podman 6.1.2-1.1.hum1, podmansh 6.1.3-1.hum1, podmansh 6.1.2-1.1.hum1, podman-docker 6.1.3-1.hum1, podman-remote 6.1.3-1.hum1, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:74861
  • Red Hat Quay 3.12 quay/quay-rhel8 1791314514
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:79546
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-24/eda-controller-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-25/eda-controller-rhel8 Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces/udi-rhel9, devspaces/udi-base-rhel9, devspaces/udi-base-rhel10
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 container-native-virtualization/ocp-virt-validation-checkup-rhel9
    not affected: component not present
show 1 more
  • Red Hat Quay 3.12 quay/clair-rhel8 1791318122, quay/quay-builder-rhel8 1791314224, quay/quay-operator-rhel8 1791435060, quay/quay-operator-bundle 1791436613, quay/quay-bridge-operator-rhel8 1791390151, quay/quay-bridge-operator-bundle 1791390652, +3 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
29d ago

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/containers/podman/v4
>=4.4.0, <5.8.8
>=4.4.0
5.8.8
go go.podman.io/podman/v6
>=6.0.0, <6.1.3
6.1.3
go github.com/containers/podman/v5
>=4.4.0, <5.8.8
<5.8.8
5.8.8
go github.com/containers/podman
all versions
 no fix listed
go github.com/containers/podman/v2
all versions
 no fix listed
go github.com/containers/podman/v3
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • podman-container-tools podman

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

Sources

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