Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 3.0.0 until 5.7.1, running a malicious container image where the WORKDIR path contains a symlink can create a directory or modify ownership on the host filesystem. Modified ownership is less likely to happen as that requires help from an untrusted/malicious process that mutates the host filesystem tree during dereferencing of the WORKDIR path, to trigger a race condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.7.1.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/d18e44e9abb3bf5b7294aa70806e1368fdddfdd0 | Patch |
| https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
26 Jun 2026, 19:53
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Podman Project podman
Podman Project |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:podman_project:podman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/d18e44e9abb3bf5b7294aa70806e1368fdddfdd0 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
26 Jun 2026, 19:16
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| References | () https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq - |
26 Jun 2026, 17:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-06-26 17:16
Updated : 2026-06-26 19:53
NVD link : CVE-2026-55686
Mitre link : CVE-2026-55686
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-55686
JSON object : View
Products Affected
podman_project
- podman
CWE
CWE-61
UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
