CVE-2026-33414

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Apr 2026, 17:49

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
References () https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/571c842bd357ee626019ea97d030fb772fc654ed - () https://github.com/containers/podman/commit/571c842bd357ee626019ea97d030fb772fc654ed - Patch
References () https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-hc8w-h2mf-hp59 - () https://github.com/containers/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-hc8w-h2mf-hp59 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Podman Project
Podman Project podman
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

14 Apr 2026, 23:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-04-14 23:16

Updated : 2026-04-23 17:49


NVD link : CVE-2026-33414

Mitre link : CVE-2026-33414

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-33414


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Products Affected

microsoft

  • windows

podman_project

  • podman
CWE
CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')