Missing Authorization Affecting podman-fips package, versions <5.8.2-r3
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- published28 May 2026
- disclosed22 May 2026
Introduced: 22 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-39833 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard podman-fips to version 5.8.2-r3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman-fips package and not the podman-fips package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
The in-memory keyring returned by NewKeyring() silently accepted keys with the ConfirmBeforeUse constraint but never enforced it. The key would sign without any confirmation prompt, with no indication to the caller that the constraint was not in effect. NewKeyring() now returns an error when unsupported constraints are requested.