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Podman: Malformed Image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the container in github.com/containers/libpod

Type: advisorySource: OSVRisk context updated1 source record

Announced 1 Oct 2026Source revision 2

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CVE context updated. The publisher announcement is unchanged.

GO-2026-6594

Primary source · Revision 2

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GO-2026-6594

github.com/containers/libpod

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

github.com/containers/podman

Source reference: /affected/1/package/name

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

github.com/containers/podman/v2

Source reference: /affected/2/package/name

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

github.com/containers/podman/v3

Source reference: /affected/3/package/name

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

github.com/containers/podman/v4

Source reference: /affected/4/package/name

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

github.com/containers/podman/v5

Source reference: /affected/5/package/name

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: 5.8.4
Source reference: /affected/5/ranges
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

go.podman.io/podman/v6

Source reference: /affected/6/package/name

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: 6.0.0
Source reference: /affected/6/ranges
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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      "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/containers/libpod",
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      "purl": "pkg:golang/go.podman.io/podman/v6",
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]

Related CVEs: CVE-2026-57231
Source reference: /aliases

Publisher severity

No explicit severity was provided.

Linked CVE context

These ratings describe the referenced vulnerabilities and products. They are not a severity rating for every application using this dependency.

CVE-2026-57231 · High

github.com/containers/podman/v5, go.podman.io/podman/v6, github.com/containers/podman/v4, github.com/containers/podman/v3, github.com/containers/podman/v2, github.com/containers/podman

Event: #63906 · Revision 2
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:52:22 GMT
Publisher date: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:23:38 GMT

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