Command Injection Affecting github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/hyperv package, versions <5.8.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCONTAINERSPODMANV5PKGMACHINEHYPERV-16323123
  • published30 Apr 2026
  • disclosed14 Apr 2026
  • creditKoreaSecurity

Introduced: 14 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-33414  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/hyperv to version 5.8.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the Resize-VHD PowerShell command construction process. An attacker can execute arbitrary PowerShell commands with the privileges of the affected process by supplying a crafted VM image path containing malicious subexpressions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1