---
id: CVE-2025-11395
title: A flaw was found in Podman
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in Podman. If an attacker can pass a crafted tar archive to
  the `podman load` command, they can create files on the host machine with the
  privileges of the user running Podman.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-277
vendor: Red Hat
product: buildah
affected:
  - buildah (all versions)
  - skopeo (all versions)
  - buildah (all versions)
  - podman (all versions)
  - skopeo (all versions)
  - buildah (all versions)
  - 'container-tools:rhel8/podman (all versions)'
  - skopeo (all versions)
  - podman (all versions)
  - podman (all versions)
  - buildah (all versions)
  - podman (all versions)
  - rhcos (all versions)
  - skopeo (all versions)
  - devspaces/udi-base-rhel9 (all versions)
  - devspaces/udi-rhel9 (all versions)
published: '2026-09-15'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T04:17:35.177'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11395'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70640'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70641'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11395'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402034'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-11395.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11395'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11395'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-16T19:44:06.242490Z'
epss: 0.00242
epssPercentile: 0.13778
ingestedAt: '2026-09-15T23:46:25.568Z'
patched:
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_9
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in Podman. If an attacker can pass a crafted tar archive to the `podman load` command, they can create files on the host machine with the privileges of the user running Podman.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Hardened Images, … · updated 2026-09-24 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-11395.json)
- **RHSA-2026:70640** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · released 2026-09-24 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70640)
- **RHSA-2026:70641** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) · released 2026-09-24 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70641)