CVE-2026-57231
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.03
BB Relevance:
75/100
Published: 2026-06-26
Modified: 2026-10-25
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
Conf. Impact
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
High
I:
None
A:
None
Description
Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 1.8.1 until 5.8.4, a container image that contains a environment variable with just a key and no value can trick podman into passing that variable from the host into the container. This is made worse by the fact that using an asterisk (*) will cause podman to pass all host variables into the container. So essentially a malicious image can exfiltrate all podman environment variables that are set in the session from where the container is launched. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.8.4 and 6.0.0.
Affected Software (2)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| podman_project | podman | 1.8.1 – 5.8.4 |
| podman_project | podman | 6.0.0 |
References & Advisories (2)
Patch
Third Party Advisory
Patch