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): * go-jose: Go JOSE's Parsing Vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2025-27144) * golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service in the Key Exchange of golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (CVE-2025-22869) 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 two denial of service vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-27144 involves a parsing issue in the Go JOSE library, and CVE-2025-22869 involves a denial of service in the key exchange of golang.org/x/crypto/ssh. Red Hat has released an update for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to address these vulnerabilities. The advisory references Red Hat Product Security's errata RHSA-2025:7462 for detailed information and remediation instructions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition in applications using podman, potentially disrupting container management operations. No evidence of active exploitation in the wild is reported. The impact is limited to service availability degradation rather than code execution or data compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:7462 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
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): * go-jose: Go JOSE's Parsing Vulnerable to Denial of Service (CVE-2025-27144) * golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service in the Key Exchange of golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (CVE-2025-22869) 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
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The podman tool, used for managing container pods and images, is affected by two denial of service vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-27144 involves a parsing issue in the Go JOSE library, and CVE-2025-22869 involves a denial of service in the key exchange of golang.org/x/crypto/ssh. Red Hat has released an update for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to address these vulnerabilities. The advisory references Red Hat Product Security's errata RHSA-2025:7462 for detailed information and remediation instructions.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition in applications using podman, potentially disrupting container management operations. No evidence of active exploitation in the wild is reported. The impact is limited to service availability degradation rather than code execution or data compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for podman in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:7462 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:7462
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-27144"]
Threat ID: 6a160978e29bf47b506450a8
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 20:58:32 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 22:02:45 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 120
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