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CVE-2025-11395: Podman: arbitrary file write when importing oci archive

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-15 · updated 2026-10-27
• Weakness: CWE-277

Description

A flaw was found in Podman. If an attacker can pass a crafted tar archive to the `podman load` command, they can create files on the host machine with the privileges of the user running Podman.

Affected products

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: all versions — fixed in 2:1.43.1-7.el10_2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: all versions
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: all versions — fixed in 2:1.43.3-2.el9_8
• Red Hat Hardened Images: all versions
• Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 2:1.43.1-7.el10_2; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 2:1.43.3-2.el9_8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70640
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70641
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:88262
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89761
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90362
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90424
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90462
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11395
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402034

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