VulnerabilityPublished 26 Oct 2026Updated 27 Oct 2026

CVE-2025-11395: podman security update

Affects podmanSource GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-11395· Medium 5.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade to 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8 when convenient.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 02:28 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Patch: Available – fixed in 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8

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

Attack Vector: Adjacent
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Adjacent: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack, but the attack is limited at the protocol level to a logically adjacent topology. This can mean an attack must be launched from the same shared physical (e.g., Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11) or logical (e.g., local IP subnet) network, or from within a secure or otherwise limited administrative domain (e.g., MPLS, secure VPN to an administrative network zone).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

almalinux-9

What to do

Upgrade the AlmaLinux to 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8.

Patches and advisories

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:90362 (opens in a new tab)

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
AlmaLinux 9podman	Affected <6:5.8.2-8.el9_8	Fixed in 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux 9podman-docker	Affected <6:5.8.2-8.el9_8	Fixed in 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux 9podman-plugins	Affected <6:5.8.2-8.el9_8	Fixed in 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux 9podman-remote	Affected <6:5.8.2-8.el9_8	Fixed in 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8
AlmaLinux 9podman-tests	Affected <6:5.8.2-8.el9_8	Fixed in 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8

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AI-suggested

Apply the official security update provided by Red Hat that fixes podman to version 5.8.2-8.el9_8 or later. This update addresses the arbitrary file write vulnerability. Follow Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for applying the patch. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-11395) in the podman tool allows arbitrary file write when importing an OCI archive. Podman is part of the libpod library used for managing container pods, a Kubernetes concept. This issue is addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 with an update to podman version 5.8.2-8.el9_8. The vulnerability has been rated as Important by Red Hat Product Security. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.

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