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podman — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11395

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
podman
Affected versions
5.4.2+ds1-2, 5.7.0+ds2-3, 5.7.0+ds2-3build1, 5.8.3+ds1-1, 5.8.4+ds1-1, 5.8.6+ds1-2
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2025-11395
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11395

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Sept 2026, 23:16 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.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11395

podman

Fixed versions: Not specified

podman

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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