Description
The version of podman as released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras via RHSA-2022:2190 advisory included an incorrect version of podman missing the fix for CVE-2020-8945, which was previously fixed via RHSA-2020:2117. This issue could possibly be used to crash or cause potential code execution in Go applications that use the Go GPGME wrapper library, under certain conditions, during GPG signature verification.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | podman | podman 1.6.4-32.el7_9 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Rhel Extras Other 7 | podman +1 | 1.6.4-36.el7_9 | RHSA-2022:6119 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 7 | podman +1 | 1.6.4-36.0.1.el7_9 | ELSA-2022-20240 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2022:6119 Red Hat Security Advisory: podman security and bug fix update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- ELSA-2022-20240 Moderate: podman security update (Oracle Linux 7) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Aug 22, 2022