CVE-2026-39830 Affecting podman package, versions <5.8.2-r5
Threat Intelligence
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- published28 May 2026
- disclosed22 May 2026
Introduced: 22 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-39830 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard podman to version 5.8.2-r5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman package and not the podman package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
A malicious SSH peer could send unsolicited global request responses to fill an internal buffer, blocking the connection's read loop. The blocked goroutine could not be released by calling Close(), resulting in a resource leak per connection. Unsolicited global responses are now discarded.