Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting podman package, versions <0:5.8.2-1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PODMAN-16101696
  • published18 Apr 2026
  • disclosed14 Apr 2026

Introduced: 14 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-33414  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 podman to version 0:5.8.2-1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:8211.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman package and not the podman package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. Versions 4.8.0 through 5.8.1 contain a command injection vulnerability in the HyperV machine backend in pkg/machine/hyperv/stubber.go, where the VM image path is inserted into a PowerShell double-quoted string without sanitization, allowing $() subexpression injection. Because PowerShell evaluates subexpressions inside double-quoted strings before executing the outer command, an attacker who can control the VM image path through a crafted machine name or image directory can execute arbitrary PowerShell commands with the privileges of the Podman process. On typical Windows installations this means SYSTEM-level code execution, and only Windows is affected as the code is exclusive to the HyperV backend. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1