Improper Certificate Validation Affecting podman-fips package, versions <5.8.2-r3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-PODMANFIPS-16965387
  • published28 May 2026
  • disclosed22 May 2026

Introduced: 22 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-39835  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (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.

SSH servers which use CertChecker as a public key callback without setting IsUserAuthority or IsHostAuthority could be caused to panic by a client presenting a certificate. CertChecker now returns an error instead of panicking when these callbacks are nil.