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Security update for podman

Type: advisorySources: OSV

This update for podman fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2026-55686: Podman: WORKDIR symlink traversal vulnerability (bsc#1268579). - CVE-2026-57231: specially crafted image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the container (bsc#1269471). Non security issue fixed: - catatonit missing in /usr/libexec/podman/ (bsc#1248988).

Products
podman
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.4.2-160000.6.1
CVEs
CVE-2026-55686, CVE-2026-57231
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 15:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Security update for podman

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Oct 2026, 08:48 UTC

This update for podman fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2026-55686: Podman: WORKDIR symlink traversal vulnerability (bsc#1268579). - CVE-2026-57231: specially crafted image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the container (bsc#1269471). Non security issue fixed: - catatonit missing in /usr/libexec/podman/ (bsc#1248988).

osv:SUSE-SU-2026:24233-1

podman

Fixed versions: 5.4.2-160000.6.1

podman

Fixed versions: 5.4.2-160000.6.1

Complete source record
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  "id": "10c508a883302da24fb6250f63b04a38147ac7544f4e90afcc0b908206c85563",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026%3A24233-1",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Security update for podman",
    "summary": "This update for podman fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2026-55686: Podman: WORKDIR symlink traversal vulnerability (bsc#1268579). - CVE-2026-57231: specially crafted image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the container (bsc#1269471). Non security issue fixed: - catatonit missing in /usr/libexec/podman/ (bsc#1248988).",
    "evidence": "osv:SUSE-SU-2026:24233-1",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-21T17:23:11.444313238Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/1268579",
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269471",
        "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-55686",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 397563,
  "published_at": "2026-10-12T08:48:41+00:00"
}