CVE-2026-121885
A flaw was found in Podman. An attacker can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by supplying a container image containing crafted metadata labels. Podman's auto-update mechanism improperly trusts these image labels to determine which system services to restart. If a user runs the malicious container and auto-update processes it, arbitrary system services are restarted with the user's privileges, potentially allowing an attacker to shut down the host system when Podman runs with administrative privileges.
Published:Nov 10, 2026
Last Modified:Nov 10, 2026
EPS:Nov 10, 2026
EPSS Score:
CVSS Score:6.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Hummingbird
Redhat
Hummingbird
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift
Redhat
Openshift
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
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References
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Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
