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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-55686 · published 26 June 2026

CVE-2026-55686: Podman project podman vulnerability

Podman Project · Podman

Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 3.0.0 until 5.7.1, running a malicious container image where the WORKDIR path contains a symlink can create a directory or modify ownership on the host filesystem. Modified ownership is less likely to happen as that requires help from an untrusted/malicious process that mutates the host filesystem tree during dereferencing of the WORKDIR path, to trigger a race condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.7.1.

5.3 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.40% · top 67.8% CWE-61 · CWE-61
5.3CVSS 3.1 base score
0.40%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References, 2 tagged exploit
26 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 3.0.0 until 5.7.1, running a malicious container image where the WORKDIR path contains a symlink can create a directory or modify ownership on the host filesystem. Modified ownership is less likely to happen as that requires help from an untrusted/malicious process that mutates the host filesystem tree during dereferencing of the WORKDIR path, to trigger a race condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.7.1.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/d18e44e9abb3bf5b7294aa70806e1368fdddfdd0 Patch
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-55686), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-04). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.