CVE-2026-94603

CRITICALPre-NVD 10.010.0
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 10.0 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: a secondary CVSS source
Trending — Patch released this week
10.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 10.0Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
10.0
EG Score
10.0CRITICALlow confidence
EG Risk
60
EG Risk 60/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity100% × 45%
The EG Score, 10.0 of 10.
Exploitation0% × 40%
No KEV listing, EG-KEV tier or EPSS when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Oct 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github.
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

The `podman run` command can be instructed to disable almost all sandboxing - including user-requested sandboxing - by image annotation · Advisory · podman-container-tools/podman · GitHub

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-2cvf-wqm6-wr9g
GitHub release Patch Available

v6.1.3

Patch available: podman-container-tools/podman v6.1.3

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v6.1.3
GitHub release Patch Available

v5.8.8

Patch available: podman-container-tools/podman v5.8.8

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v5.8.8
GitHub commit

commit ea9243e04d1d (podman-container-tools/podman)

Fix landed in podman-container-tools/podman commit ea9243e04d1d — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/ea9243e04d1db3886dc3a51ee3300ffb547cfc02
GitHub commit

commit c74b1d37b3fb (podman-container-tools/podman)

Fix landed in podman-container-tools/podman commit c74b1d37b3fb — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/c74b1d37b3fb834b0de43e176565d9d8c254b627
GitHub commit

commit 7728ba0a9009 (podman-container-tools/podman)

Fix landed in podman-container-tools/podman commit 7728ba0a9009 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/7728ba0a90094408ad9078e36c3622a651d49616
GitHub commit

commit 450c64426dbc (podman-container-tools/podman)

Fix landed in podman-container-tools/podman commit 450c64426dbc — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/450c64426dbcff1097d3c7911d791101e3d16f4c
GitHub commit

commit 3721ff82ffb4 (podman-container-tools/podman)

Fix landed in podman-container-tools/podman commit 3721ff82ffb4 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/3721ff82ffb44a4ceeaecc5abd3808e924a6b669
GitHub commit

commit 24706290d5c9 (podman-container-tools/podman)

Fix landed in podman-container-tools/podman commit 24706290d5c9 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/24706290d5c974f078d8ca284026802515f28e92

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatquay/quay-rhel8:17913145142026-10-08redhat
redhatpodman-main-6.1.3-1.hum12026-10-02redhat
redhatpodman-main-6.1.2-1.1.hum12026-10-01redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-13 21:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-13 21:26 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-13 20:41 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-13 20:41 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-13 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-13 17:26 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-13 17:06 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 10.0 CRITICAL
  8. 2026-10-13 17:06 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-13 17:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-94603?
CVE-2026-94603 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 13, 2026. 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,…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-94603 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-94603 was published on October 13, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 13, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-94603?
CVE-2026-94603 has a CVSS base score of 10.0 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..
How do I remediate CVE-2026-94603?
A fix for CVE-2026-94603 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-94603 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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