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Podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing by image annotation

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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CVE-2026-94603

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-94603

podman

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "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
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