{"cve":{"cve_id":"CVE-2026-55686","is_kev":false,"kev_date_added":null,"kev_vendor_project":null,"kev_product":null,"kev_vulnerability_name":null,"kev_short_description":null,"kev_required_action":null,"kev_due_date":null,"kev_known_ransomware":null,"kev_notes":null,"kev_cwes":null,"epss_score":null,"epss_percentile":null,"epss_as_of":null,"description":"Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. From 3.0.0 until 5.7.1, running a malicious container image where the WORKDIR path contains a symlink can create a directory or modify ownership on the host filesystem. Modified ownership is less likely to happen as that requires help from an untrusted/malicious process that mutates the host filesystem tree during dereferencing of the WORKDIR path, to trigger a race condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.7.1.","published_at":"2026-06-26T16:30:41.345000Z","last_modified_at":null,"cvss_v3_score":5.3,"cvss_v3_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cvss_v3_severity":"MEDIUM","cvss_v4_score":null,"cvss_v4_vector":null,"cvss_v4_severity":null,"ssvc_decision":null,"ssvc_exploitation":null,"ssvc_automatable":null,"ssvc_technical_impact":null,"cwes":["CWE-61"],"nvd_references":["https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq","https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/d18e44e9abb3bf5b7294aa70806e1368fdddfdd0"],"vuln_status":null,"trending_score":null,"is_trending":false,"has_trended":false,"trended_number_one":false,"trending_peak_score":null,"trending_peak_rank":null,"started_trending_at":null,"trended_number_one_at":null,"summary_generated":null,"summary_generated_at":null,"summary_model":null,"created_at":"2026-06-28T17:55:37.240342Z","updated_at":"2026-06-28T23:30:55.940411Z"},"effective_severity":"MEDIUM","badges":[],"impact_analysis":[],"cvss_v3_decoded":{"version":"3.1","metrics":[{"metric":"AV","name":"Attack Vector","value":"N","value_label":"Network"},{"metric":"AC","name":"Attack Complexity","value":"L","value_label":"Low"},{"metric":"PR","name":"Privileges Required","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"UI","name":"User Interaction","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"S","name":"Scope","value":"U","value_label":"Unchanged"},{"metric":"C","name":"Confidentiality","value":"N","value_label":"None"},{"metric":"I","name":"Integrity","value":"L","value_label":"Low"},{"metric":"A","name":"Availability","value":"N","value_label":"None"}]},"cvss_v4_decoded":{"version":null,"metrics":[]},"affected":[{"vendor_slug":"podman-container-tools","vendor_name":"podman-container-tools","product_slug":"podman","product_name":"podman","version_start":">= 3.0.0, < 5.7.1","version_start_inclusive":true,"version_end":">= 3.0.0, < 5.7.1","version_end_inclusive":true,"cpe23_uri":"cve5:podman-container-tools:podman:>= 3.0.0, < 5.7.1:>= 3.0.0, < 5.7.1"}],"exploit_refs":[],"news":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r4-3wmg-fwcq","source_type":"VENDOR_ADVISORY","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/commit/d18e44e9abb3bf5b7294aa70806e1368fdddfdd0","source_type":"PATCH","tags":["patch"]}],"timeline":[{"type":"published","at":"2026-06-26T16:30:41.345000Z","label":"CVE published","source":null}]}