Link Following Affecting podman-docker package, versions <0:6.0.0-1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PODMANDOCKER-17882709
  • published8 Jul 2026
  • disclosed26 Jun 2026

Introduced: 26 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-55686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 podman-docker to version 0:6.0.0-1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:29954.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman-docker package and not the podman-docker 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. From 3.0.0 until 5.7.1, running a malicious container image where the WORKDIR path contains a symlink can create a directory or modify ownership on the host filesystem. Modified ownership is less likely to happen as that requires help from an untrusted/malicious process that mutates the host filesystem tree during dereferencing of the WORKDIR path, to trigger a race condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.7.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1