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CVE-2026-94603VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security update

Affects Red Hat podmanSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-94603· Critical 10.0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 10.0 Critical : upgrade Red Hat podman to 6.1.3 or 5.8.8 as a priority.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
10.0Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.1.3, 5.8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

What to do

Upgrade podman and podman-container-tools/podman to 6.1.3 or 5.8.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
podman-container-toolspodmanAffected
  • >=6.0.0 <6.1.3
Fixed in
  • 6.1.3
podman-container-toolspodmanAffected
  • >=4.4.0 <5.8.8
Fixed in
  • 5.8.8
GitHubpodman-container-tools/podmanpkg:github/podman-container-tools/podmanOther threatsAffected
  • >=4.4.0 <5.8.8
  • >=6.0.0 <6.1.3
Fixed in
  • 5.8.8
  • 6.1.3

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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): * podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing - including user-requested sandboxing - by image annotation (CVE-2026-94603) 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.

References

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