CVE-2026-94603

CRITICAL 10.0

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

CVSS Score

10.0

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-693
Vendor	podman-container-tools
Product	podman
Published	Oct 13, 2026
Last Updated	Oct 13, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

podman-container-tools / podman

>= 4.4.0, < 5.8.8 >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.3

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗