Improper Certificate Validation Affecting podman package, versions <5.8.2-r5


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-WOLFILATEST-PODMAN-16905347
  • 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 Wolfi podman to version 5.8.2-r5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman package and not the podman package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi 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.