CVE-2026-94603
Podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing by image annotation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 10.0 Critical
- Published
- Oct 13, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 21, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 10.0 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
podmanpodman-container-tools |
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References
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-2cvf-wqm6-wr9g
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/24706290d5c974f078d8ca284026802515f28e92
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/3721ff82ffb44a4ceeaecc5abd3808e924a6b669
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/450c64426dbcff1097d3c7911d791101e3d16f4c
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/7728ba0a90094408ad9078e36c3622a651d49616
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/c74b1d37b3fb834b0de43e176565d9d8c254b627
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/ea9243e04d1db3886dc3a51ee3300ffb547cfc02
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v5.8.8
- https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v6.1.3
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