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CVE-2026-94603: Podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing by image annotation

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-13 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-693

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.

Affected products

• podman: from 4.4.0, < 5.8.8; from 6.0.0, < 6.1.3

References

• 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
• https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-2cvf-wqm6-wr9g

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