CVE-2026-24835 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Podman Desktop versions prior to 1.25.1, allowing malicious extensions to circumvent permission checks and gain unauthorized access to all authentication sessions. This flaw enables impersonation of any user, session hijacking, and access to sensitive resources. Rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.1), the vulnerability requires local access and low privileges but has high impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.25.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
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
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