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high 7.1

CVE-2026-24835 json

Podman Desktop Extension System Vulnerable to Authentication Bypass

published 2026-01-28 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-4858

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Podman Desktop is a graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes. A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Podman Desktop prior to version 1.25.1 allows any extension to completely circumvent permission checks and gain unauthorized access to all authentication sessions. The `isAccessAllowed()` function unconditionally returns `true`, enabling malicious extensions to impersonate any user, hijack authentication sessions, and access sensitive resources without authorization. This vulnerability affects all versions of Podman Desktop. Version 1.25.1 contains a patch for the issue.

Patch / fix

  • linuxfoundation podman_desktop 1.25.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-24835 updated cvss 7.1

podman-desktop: extension system vulnerable to authentication bypass

  • Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop rh-podman-desktop
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 podman-desktop, rh-podman-desktop
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop rh-podman-desktop.git
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop - Tech Preview rhdesktop/rh-podman-desktop-ext-rhel-rhel10, rhdesktop/rh-podman-desktop-ext-bootc-rhel10, rhdesktop/rh-podman-desktop-ext-sandbox-rhel10, rhdesktop/rh-podman-desktop-ext-redhat-account-rhel10, rhdesktop/rh-podman-desktop-ext-openshift-local-rhel10
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-v3fx-qg34-6g9m referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 4.0 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • podman-desktop podman-desktop

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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