CVE-2026-55686
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.02
BB Relevance:
71/100
Published: 2026-06-26
Modified: 2026-10-25
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
None
I:
Low
A:
None
Description
Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 3.0.0 until 5.7.1, running a malicious container image where the WORKDIR path contains a symlink can create a directory or modify ownership on the host filesystem. Modified ownership is less likely to happen as that requires help from an untrusted/malicious process that mutates the host filesystem tree during dereferencing of the WORKDIR path, to trigger a race condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.7.1.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (1)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| podman_project | podman | 3.0.0 – 5.7.1 |
References & Advisories (2)
Patch
Exploit
Patch
Vendor Advisory