Podman: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von Dateien
WID-SEC-2026-2104 · first 29.06.2026 · updated 21.10.2026 · CVSS 5,3
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 Dateien zu manipulieren.
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
- Dateien zu manipulieren
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- SUSE Linux
- Open Source Podman <5.7.1
- SUSE openSUSE
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 5.7.1
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)
- Podman GitHub vom 2026-06-28 github.com
- Podman Commit vom 2026-06-28 github.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3536-1 vom 2026-08-10 lists.suse.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
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22089-1 vom 2026-10-18 lists.opensuse.org
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1 vom 2026-10-19 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:24233-1 vom 2026-10-20 lists.suse.com
CVE: CVE-2026-55686
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.