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):
* net/http: golang: golang: Denial of Service via crafted HTTP Range headers (CVE-2026-78667)
* net/http: net/http/internal/http2: golang.org/x/net/http2: net/http: Denial of Service via excessive HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames (CVE-2026-78669)
* 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 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 10 | podman | 7:5.8.2-11.el10_2 |
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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High 7.5
Excessive CPU consumption from repeated initial window changes in net/http
A malicious HTTP/2 peer can cause excessive CPU consumption in the client or server by opening a large number of streams and then sending many small SETTINGS frames containing SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE values.
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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…