RLSA-2026:97533: Important: podman security, bug fix, and enhancement update
The podman tool manages pods, container images, and containers. It is part of the libpod library, which is for applications that use container pods. Container pods is a concept in Kubernetes.
Security Fix(es):
golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: Denial of Service via crafted AES-GCM packet decoder inputs (CVE-2026-46597)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
When using --mount in podman run results can be inconsistent, especially on /var/tmp (JIRA:Rocky Linux-154348)
[RFE] SELinux confined users unable to start podman.socket systemd user service (JIRA:Rocky Linux-132875)
[RFE] Mounting of NFS Quadlet volume fails with permission denied (JIRA:Rocky Linux-145863)
[RFE] podman API socket to support TLS/mTLS (JIRA:Rocky Linux-91221)
Rebase podman to the latest upstream release [rhel-9.9] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-168737)
podman does not clean up all files and leaves orphaned files consuming disk space [rhel-9.9] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-173976)
[FJ9.8 Bug]: [REG]The "podman-remote save" command fails for rootless users. (JIRA:Rocky Linux-186006)
podman: rebase to 5.8.5 (JIRA:Rocky Linux-212537)
[FJ9.9 Bug]: [REG]The "podman rm" command can accidentally delete containers even though it is mounted by Buildah when used by a rootless user in remote. (JIRA:Rocky Linux-211092)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
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rocky-linux/podmanto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-debuginfoto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-debugsourceto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-pluginsto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-plugins-debuginfoto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-remoteto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-remote-debuginfoto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-teststo a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-tests-debuginfoto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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rocky-linux/podman-dockerto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6:5.8.5-2.el9 - Upgrade
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podmanto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 5.8.5
Event History
Frequently Asked Questions
Does exploitation require authentication or user interaction?
The advisory rates the issue as network-accessible with low attack complexity, no privileges required, and no user interaction required. It does not identify which Podman deployment configurations expose a reachable affected SSH packet-processing path.
Which Rocky Linux packages are included in this update?
The update includes podman, podman-plugins, podman-remote, podman-tests, and the corresponding debuginfo and debugsource packages listed in the advisory.
What is the expected security impact?
The security fix addresses a denial-of-service condition caused by crafted AES-GCM packet decoder inputs in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh. The advisory assigns high availability impact and no confidentiality or integrity impact.