Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security update
The podman tool manages pods, container images, and containers. It is part of the libpod library, which is for applications that use container pods. Container pods is a concept in Kubernetes. Security Fix(es): * runc: container escape and denial of service due to arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects (CVE-2025-52881) * golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map (CVE-2025-58183) * github.com/sirupsen/logrus: github.com/sirupsen/logrus: Denial-of-Service due to large single-line payload (CVE-2025-65637) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The podman tool, used for managing container pods and images, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-52881 involves runc and allows container escape and denial of service through arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects. CVE-2025-58183 is an unbounded allocation vulnerability in the Go archive/tar package when parsing GNU sparse maps, potentially leading to resource exhaustion. CVE-2025-65637 is a denial of service vulnerability in the logrus logging library caused by processing large single-line payloads. Red Hat has released an important security advisory (RHSA-2026:4533) with updated podman packages that fix these issues for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related distributions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-52881 could allow an attacker to escape container isolation and cause denial of service on the host system. CVE-2025-58183 may lead to unbounded memory allocation, potentially causing denial of service due to resource exhaustion. CVE-2025-65637 can cause denial of service by processing large single-line log payloads. These vulnerabilities affect container security and system stability in environments using podman and related container runtimes.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated podman packages (version 4.4.1-22.el9_2.5) that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:4533. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security update
Description
The podman tool manages pods, container images, and containers. It is part of the libpod library, which is for applications that use container pods. Container pods is a concept in Kubernetes. Security Fix(es): * runc: container escape and denial of service due to arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects (CVE-2025-52881) * golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map (CVE-2025-58183) * github.com/sirupsen/logrus: github.com/sirupsen/logrus: Denial-of-Service due to large single-line payload (CVE-2025-65637) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The podman tool, used for managing container pods and images, is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-52881 involves runc and allows container escape and denial of service through arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects. CVE-2025-58183 is an unbounded allocation vulnerability in the Go archive/tar package when parsing GNU sparse maps, potentially leading to resource exhaustion. CVE-2025-65637 is a denial of service vulnerability in the logrus logging library caused by processing large single-line payloads. Red Hat has released an important security advisory (RHSA-2026:4533) with updated podman packages that fix these issues for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related distributions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2025-52881 could allow an attacker to escape container isolation and cause denial of service on the host system. CVE-2025-58183 may lead to unbounded memory allocation, potentially causing denial of service due to resource exhaustion. CVE-2025-65637 can cause denial of service by processing large single-line log payloads. These vulnerabilities affect container security and system stability in environments using podman and related container runtimes.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated podman packages (version 4.4.1-22.el9_2.5) that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:4533. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:4533
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-58183","CVE-2025-65637"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a160976e29bf47b50641957
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:30 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 12:21:37 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:30:10 UTC
Views: 116
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