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Podman: arbitrary file write when importing oci archive

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

A flaw was found in Podman. If an attacker can pass a crafted tar archive to the `podman load` command, they can create files on the host machine with the privileges of the user running Podman.

Products
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2025-11395
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 12:04 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

Podman: arbitrary file write when importing oci archive

core-cve · Original source

Published 15 Sept 2026, 22:59 UTC

A flaw was found in Podman. If an attacker can pass a crafted tar archive to the `podman load` command, they can create files on the host machine with the privileges of the user running Podman.

cve:CVE-2025-11395

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Hardened Images

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Fixed versions: Not specified

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