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CVE-2026-24835

23
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.25.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
PROOF_OF_CONCEPT
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: podman-desktop

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2026-24835Moderate

podman-desktop: Podman Desktop: Authentication bypass allows malicious extensions to gain unauthorized access.

Jan 28, 2026

References

drive.google.com / file/d/1ib4RG34mGHDlXeyib8L2j9L5rEDxuDM5/view
Patch
github.com / podman-desktop/podman-desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-v3fx-qg34-6g9m
ExploitVendor Advisory