CVE-2026-94603 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 21.09.2026 Published: 13.10.2026 Updated: 13.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor podman-container-tools
Product podman
Versions
  • Version >= 4.4.0, < 5.8.8 is affected
  • Version >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure CWE