Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security update
Affects Red Hat podmanSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:32 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Jul 2024
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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released patched podman packages (version 4.2.0-5.el9_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 on multiple architectures. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. Detailed update instructions are available at Red Hat's advisory page (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-37298) affecting the podman tool in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 has been identified. The flaw involves a potential memory exhaustion attack due to sparse slice deserialization in the gorilla/schema library. This issue could allow an attacker to exhaust system memory when processing specially crafted input. Red Hat has released an important security update addressing this vulnerability in podman version 4.2.0-5.el9_0 for multiple architectures including x86_64, ppc64le, aarch64, and s390x.