Summary
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):
* podman: Arbitrary file write when importing OCI archive (CVE-2025-11395)
* net/[http:](http:) golang: golang: Denial of Service via crafted HTTP Range headers (CVE-2026-78667)
* crypto/x509: golang: crypto/x509: Man-in-the-middle attacks via untrusted intermediate certificates (CVE-2026-111943)
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.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | podman | 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | podman-docker | 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | podman-plugins | 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | podman-remote | 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | podman-tests | 6:5.8.2-8.el9_8 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 7.5
Lack of limit on size of parsed Range headers in net/http
When parsing a Range header containing a large number of small ranges, FileServer(FS), ServeContent, and ServeFile(FS) can consume an excessive amount of CPU.
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Medium 6.8CVE-2026-111943 Public exploit
Distrust compromised intermediate certificates in crypto/x509
On most platforms, Go uses the given system root certificates. However, in some narrower cases, the system trust stores may not be updated without further action. To defend against the narrower set of cases that may remain affected, a denylist was added in cr…
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Medium 5.5
Podman: arbitrary file write when importing oci archive
A flaw was found in Podman. If an attacker can pass a crafted tar archive to the `podman load` command, they can create files on the host machine with the privileges of the user running Podman.
References
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11395
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111943
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78667
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2548334
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2556068
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advisory
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-90362.html