CVE-2026-121885: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.
Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 14:49 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (redhat) | CVSS 3.1 | 6.5 |
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10podman | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8container-tools:rhel8/podman | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9podman | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Hardened Imagespodman | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4podman | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Do not use podman auto-update on untrusted containers or images. Inspect container image labels before running them using 'podman image inspect --format '.Config.Labels'' and verify that the 'io.containers.autoupdate' and 'PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT' labels are not set. For existing containers, ensure auto-update labels are configured correctly and only present on containers intended to use auto-update. Note that in default Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 configurations, the podman-auto-update timer is disabled, and rootless containers have limited systemd control, which mitigates this vulnerability.
Description
A vulnerability in Podman on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by supplying a container image with crafted metadata labels. Podman's auto-update mechanism trusts these labels to decide which system services to restart, potentially restarting arbitrary services with the user's privileges. This can lead to host system shutdown if Podman runs with administrative privileges. The vulnerability requires user interaction to pull and run a malicious container image. By default, the podman-auto-update timer is disabled, and rootless containers have limited systemd control, reducing the risk in typical configurations.