[UPDATE] [medium] Podman: Vulnerability allows information disclosure
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Podman to disclose information.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Podman to disclose information.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Podman are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for information disclosure.
- Action
- Apply the latest security updates for Podman.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2062
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-572310.31% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 24% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-57231 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Linux kernel (July 31, 2026)cert-fr-avis
- highCVE-2026-57231: Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 1.8.1 until 5.8.4, a container ima…nvd
- highCVE-2026-57231: Podman: Malformed Image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the …msrc
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