Podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing by image annotation
Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 4.4.0 until 5.8.8 and 6.1.3, podman run treats an image carrying the io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.runtime.name annotation as a checkpoint and silently ignores user-supplied container creation restrictions such as --cap-drop=ALL, allowing image-controlled checkpoint state to select weaker sandbox settings and capabilities. Rootless containers are not affected because checkpoint and restore are unavailable in that mode. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.8 and 6.1.3.
CVE-2026-94603
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-94603
podman
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "podman-container-tools",
"product": "podman",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": ">= 4.4.0, < 5.8.8"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": ">= 6.0.0, < 6.1.3"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-94603
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
critical
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #21306 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date