Podman: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen
WID-SEC-2026-2062 · first 25.06.2026 · updated 21.10.2026 · CVSS 7,5
What it is about
Podman ist ein Container-Laufzeit- und Management-Tool, mit dem Benutzer Container ausführen und verwalten können, ohne einen separaten Daemon-Prozess zu benötigen. Podman is a container runtime and management tool that allows users to run and manage containers without the need for a separate daemon process. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Podman ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- Informationen offenzulegen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- RESF Rocky Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Open Source Podman <5.8.4
- Open Source Podman <6.0.0
- SUSE openSUSE
- Oracle Linux
- IBM Security Verify Access
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- Open Source Podman 5.8.4
- Open Source Podman 6.0.0
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:29954 vom 2026-06-30 access.redhat.com
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-4hq8-gpf5-8p68 vom 2026-06-24 github.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:37072 vom 2026-07-09 access.redhat.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:37123 vom 2026-07-10 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:37072 vom 2026-07-10 errata.build.resf.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-37123 vom 2026-07-13 linux.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:38504 vom 2026-07-13 errata.build.resf.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:38504 vom 2026-07-14 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-38504 vom 2026-07-20 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-24386 vom 2026-07-22 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-24470 vom 2026-07-23 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-37072 vom 2026-07-24 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-38495 vom 2026-07-22 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:44232 vom 2026-07-28 access.redhat.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11437-1 vom 2026-08-04 lists.opensuse.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:50931 vom 2026-08-06 access.redhat.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3536-1 vom 2026-08-10 lists.suse.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:52968 vom 2026-08-10 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:53520 vom 2026-08-11 access.redhat.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3652-1 vom 2026-08-20 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3662-1 vom 2026-08-21 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:23205-1 vom 2026-08-26 lists.suse.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:70267 vom 2026-09-22 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:74511 vom 2026-10-01 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:63307 vom 2026-10-02 access.redhat.com
and 4 more sources in the original advisory
CVE: CVE-2026-57231
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.