CVE-2026-57231CWE-200CWE-668

Podman: Malformed Image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the container

High · published June 26, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 1.8.1 until 5.8.4, a container image that contains a environment variable with just a key and no value can trick podman into passing that variable from the host into the container. This is made worse by the fact that using an asterisk (*) will cause podman to pass all host variables into the container. So essentially a malicious image can exfiltrate all podman environment variables that are set in the session from where the container is launched. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.8.4 and 6.0.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00437 · 36.9th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor; CWE-668 · Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
Published
2026-06-26T16:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 JUN 16:29Z
    Podman: Malformed Image can trick podman run into leaking host environment variables into the container
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