UnratedFix available
podman: Fix of CVE-2026-55686
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- CVE-2026-55686: replace the fragile isWorkDirSymlink symlink-chain walking in resolveWorkDir() with securejoin.SecureJoin(), scoping workdir resolution to the container mountpoint and letting the OCI runtime handle remaining symlink errors
- Products
- podman, podman-docker, podman-gvproxy, podman-plugins, podman-remote, podman-tests
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:4.4.1-13.el9_2.tuxcare.els13
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-55686
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 10:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2026-55686: replace the fragile isWorkDirSymlink symlink-chain walking in resolveWorkDir() with securejoin.SecureJoin(), scoping workdir resolution to the container mountpoint and letting the OCI runtime handle remaining symlink errors
osv:CLSA-2026-1782985538
podman
Fixed versions: 2:4.4.1-13.el9_2.tuxcare.els13
podman-docker
Fixed versions: 2:4.4.1-13.el9_2.tuxcare.els13
podman-gvproxy
Fixed versions: 2:4.4.1-13.el9_2.tuxcare.els13
podman-plugins
Fixed versions: 2:4.4.1-13.el9_2.tuxcare.els13
podman-remote
Fixed versions: 2:4.4.1-13.el9_2.tuxcare.els13
podman-tests
Fixed versions: 2:4.4.1-13.el9_2.tuxcare.els13
Complete source record
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"summary": "- CVE-2026-55686: replace the fragile isWorkDirSymlink symlink-chain walking in resolveWorkDir() with securejoin.SecureJoin(), scoping workdir resolution to the container mountpoint and letting the OCI runtime handle remaining symlink errors",
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"modified": "2026-10-26T09:30:23.302131150Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"references": [
"https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/almalinux9.2esu/CLSA-2026-1782985538.html",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55686"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 447012,
"published_at": "2026-07-02T09:45:55+00:00"
}