Path traversal in Podman - CVE-2025-11395
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150893
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-11395
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite attacker-chosen files and modify their attributes.
The vulnerability exists due to improper archive extraction in storage/pkg/archive when extracting a maliciously crafted tar archive. A remote attacker can provide a maliciously crafted tar archive to overwrite attacker-chosen files and modify their attributes.
User interaction is required to extract the crafted archive.
Affected software
Podman
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
skopeo (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
skopeo (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2025-11395
Install security update from vendor's website.
Podman - addressed in versions 5.8.7, 6.1.2
skopeo (Red Hat package) - update to 1.22.2-8.el9_8
skopeo (Red Hat package) - update to 1.22.2-8.el9_8