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): * net/url: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url (CVE-2026-25679) * github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4: Go JOSE: Denial of Service via crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) object (CVE-2026-34986) 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.
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Technical Summary
This advisory covers security fixes for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. The first vulnerability (CVE-2026-25679) involves incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in the net/url package, which could lead to unexpected behavior. The second vulnerability (CVE-2026-34986) is a denial of service issue in the Go JOSE library caused by crafted JSON Web Encryption objects. Red Hat has released updated podman packages to address these issues. The advisory references Red Hat's errata RHSA-2026:19017 for detailed patch information.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow denial of service conditions or incorrect handling of network addresses within podman and related container management processes. This may affect container orchestration and management reliability. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The severity is rated as high by the source data and Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated podman packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided updates as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:19017 and the article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities.
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): * net/url: Incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in net/url (CVE-2026-25679) * github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4: Go JOSE: Denial of Service via crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) object (CVE-2026-34986) 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
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers security fixes for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. The first vulnerability (CVE-2026-25679) involves incorrect parsing of IPv6 host literals in the net/url package, which could lead to unexpected behavior. The second vulnerability (CVE-2026-34986) is a denial of service issue in the Go JOSE library caused by crafted JSON Web Encryption objects. Red Hat has released updated podman packages to address these issues. The advisory references Red Hat's errata RHSA-2026:19017 for detailed patch information.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow denial of service conditions or incorrect handling of network addresses within podman and related container management processes. This may affect container orchestration and management reliability. No known exploits in the wild have been reported. The severity is rated as high by the source data and Important by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated podman packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided updates as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:19017 and the article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:19017
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-34986"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a16095be29bf47b506237d5
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:03 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 08:57:42 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 21:28:44 UTC
Views: 116
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