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): * database/sql: Postgres Scan Race Condition (CVE-2025-47907) * podman: Podman kube play command may overwrite host files (CVE-2025-9566) 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
Red Hat issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:20909) for podman, fixing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-47907, a race condition in database/sql Postgres scanning, and CVE-2025-9566, where the 'podman kube play' command could overwrite host files. Podman is part of the libpod library used for container pod management in Kubernetes environments. The advisory affects multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants and provides updated packages to address these issues. The vulnerabilities are rated with high importance but no CVSS score is provided. No exploits in the wild have been reported. The vendor advisory includes detailed package updates and instructions for remediation.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to race conditions affecting Postgres scanning and unauthorized overwriting of host files via podman commands, potentially impacting containerized environments managed with podman. The advisory rates these issues as Important, indicating a significant security impact. No known exploits have been observed in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated podman packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related distributions as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:20909 (https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20909). Patch status is confirmed as available. No additional mitigation steps are specified beyond applying the official updates.
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): * database/sql: Postgres Scan Race Condition (CVE-2025-47907) * podman: Podman kube play command may overwrite host files (CVE-2025-9566) 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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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Red Hat issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:20909) for podman, fixing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-47907, a race condition in database/sql Postgres scanning, and CVE-2025-9566, where the 'podman kube play' command could overwrite host files. Podman is part of the libpod library used for container pod management in Kubernetes environments. The advisory affects multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 variants and provides updated packages to address these issues. The vulnerabilities are rated with high importance but no CVSS score is provided. No exploits in the wild have been reported. The vendor advisory includes detailed package updates and instructions for remediation.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to race conditions affecting Postgres scanning and unauthorized overwriting of host files via podman commands, potentially impacting containerized environments managed with podman. The advisory rates these issues as Important, indicating a significant security impact. No known exploits have been observed in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated podman packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related distributions as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:20909 (https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:20909). Patch status is confirmed as available. No additional mitigation steps are specified beyond applying the official updates.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:20909
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-47907"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a19febee29bf47b500fdaa8
Added to database: 5/29/2026, 9:01:50 PM
Last enriched: 5/29/2026, 9:07:23 PM
Last updated: 5/31/2026, 5:02:21 AM
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