Critical severity · published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-94603
Podman: The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing by image annotation
10.0
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 4.4.0 until 5.8.8 and 6.1.3, podman run treats an image carrying the io.podman.annotations.checkpoint.runtime.name annotation as a checkpoint and silently ignores user-supplied container creation restrictions such as --cap-drop=ALL, allowing image-controlled checkpoint state to select weaker sandbox settings and capabilities. Rootless containers are not affected because checkpoint and restore are unavailable in that mode. This issue is fixed in versions 5.8.8 and 6.1.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
podman · podman-container-tools
>= 4.4.0, < 5.8.8; >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-94603
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94603
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-2cvf-wqm6-wr9g
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/24706290d5c974f078d8ca284026802515f28e92
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/3721ff82ffb44a4ceeaecc5abd3808e924a6b669
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/450c64426dbcff1097d3c7911d791101e3d16f4c
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/7728ba0a90094408ad9078e36c3622a651d49616
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/c74b1d37b3fb834b0de43e176565d9d8c254b627
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