CVE-2026-24835

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 82% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: January 28, 2026 (106 days ago)
Last Modified: January 28, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-305

Affected Products

Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop - Tech PreviewRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 drive.google.com 🔗 github.com