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.
CVE-2026-94603
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.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 10.0
- EG Score
- 10.0CRITICALlow confidence
- EG Risk
- 60EG 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
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- 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, 2026The `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-wr9gv6.1.3
Patch available: podman-container-tools/podman v6.1.3
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v6.1.3v5.8.8
Patch available: podman-container-tools/podman v5.8.8
https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v5.8.8commit 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/ea9243e04d1db3886dc3a51ee3300ffb547cfc02commit 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/c74b1d37b3fb834b0de43e176565d9d8c254b627commit 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/7728ba0a90094408ad9078e36c3622a651d49616commit 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/450c64426dbcff1097d3c7911d791101e3d16f4ccommit 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/3721ff82ffb44a4ceeaecc5abd3808e924a6b669commit 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/24706290d5c974f078d8ca284026802515f28e92Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-94603(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:79546Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Quay 3.12.23
- RHSA-2026:74861Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
- RHSA-2026:74178Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | quay/quay-rhel8:1791314514 | 2026-10-08 | redhat |
| redhat | podman-main-6.1.3-1.hum1 | 2026-10-02 | redhat |
| redhat | podman-main-6.1.2-1.1.hum1 | 2026-10-01 | redhat |
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.
- 2026-10-13 21:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 21:26 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-13 20:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 20:41 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-13 17:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 17:26 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-13 17:06 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 10.0 CRITICAL
- 2026-10-13 17:06 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-13 17:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Related CVEs(same vendor + same CWE)
Same vendor
10 shownredhat:RHSA-2026:79546
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