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CVE-2025-9566VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-9566· High 8.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.1 High : upgrade Red Hat podman to 5.6.1 soon.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 05:31 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.18.1
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade podman to 5.6.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
podmanAffected
  • >=4.0.0 <5.6.1
Fixed in
  • 5.6.1
GitHubpodmanpkg:github/podmanOther threatsAffected
  • >=4.0.0 <5.6.1
Fixed in
  • 5.6.1

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided podman update packages as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:18289) and follow the instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2025-9566) in the podman tool's 'kube play' command may allow overwriting of host files. Podman is a container management tool part of the libpod library, used for managing pods, container images, and containers. This issue is addressed in a Red Hat security advisory for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The update fixes the vulnerability to prevent potential host file overwrites.

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