podman — security advisory

{
  "id": "abe1c8edbda8f2c9549b9b711f99b585200c55c1bbea233f369944ff1753a301",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414",
    "summary": "Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. Versions 4.8.0 through 5.8.1 contain a command injection vulnerability in the HyperV machine backend in pkg/machine/hyperv/stubber.go, where the VM image path is inserted into a PowerShell double-quoted string without sanitization, allowing $() subexpression injection. Because PowerShell evaluates subexpressions inside double-quoted strings before executing the outer command, an attacker who can control the VM image path through a crafted machine name or image directory can execute arbitrary PowerShell commands with the privileges of the Podman process. On typical Windows installations this means SYSTEM-level code execution, and only Windows is affected as the code is exclusive to the HyperV backend. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.2.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "podman",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.4.1+ds1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.4.2+ds1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.4.2+ds1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "podman",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.7.0+ds2-3build1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.8.3+ds1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.8.4+ds1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.8.6+ds1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "podman",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.4.2+ds1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.7.0+ds2-3",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "5.7.0+ds2-3build1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "podman",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/podman?arch=source&distro=questing",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "5.4.1+ds1-1",
            "5.4.2+ds1-1",
            "5.4.2+ds1-2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "podman",
                "binary_version": "5.4.2+ds1-2"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "podman-docker",
                "binary_version": "5.4.2+ds1-2"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "podman-remote",
                "binary_version": "5.4.2+ds1-2"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "podman",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/podman?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "5.7.0+ds2-3build1",
            "5.8.3+ds1-1",
            "5.8.4+ds1-1",
            "5.8.6+ds1-2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "podman",
                "binary_version": "5.8.6+ds1-2"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "podman-docker",
                "binary_version": "5.8.6+ds1-2"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "podman-remote",
                "binary_version": "5.8.6+ds1-2"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "podman",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/podman?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "5.4.2+ds1-2",
            "5.7.0+ds2-3",
            "5.7.0+ds2-3build1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33414.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "podman",
                "binary_version": "5.7.0+ds2-3build1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "podman-docker",
                "binary_version": "5.7.0+ds2-3build1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "podman-remote",
                "binary_version": "5.7.0+ds2-3build1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:58:10.662851426Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-33414"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33414",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33414",
        "https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-hc8w-h2mf-hp59",
        "https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/571c842bd357ee626019ea97d030fb772fc654ed"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-33414",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/1/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 358287,
  "published_at": "2026-04-14T23:16:00+00:00"
}