CVE-2026-114236

Podman: goroutine/file-descriptor leak in storage/pkg/archive.applylayer and applyuncompressedlayer on malformed layers

LOW

3.3

CVSS Score

Published: October 21, 2026 at 08:04 AM UTC

Updated: October 30, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC

19 products affected across 2 vendorsDPU kit for NVIDIAEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity

LOW3.3

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.1%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

storage/pkg/archive.ApplyLayer and ApplyUncompressedLayer may, when processing corrupt or malicious inputs, leak a file descriptor; unbounded repeated calls can exhaust the process’ file descriptor limit

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

DPU kit for NVIDIA · Red Hat

97%

All versions

NVIDIA JetPack 6 for RHEL · Red Hat

90%

All versions

Advanced Cluster Security · Red Hatcontainer

90%

All versions

Ansible Automation Platform · Red Hatrpm

90%

All versions

Build of Podman Desktop · Red Hat

90%

All versions

Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux · Red Hatrpm

90%

All versions

Confidential Compute Attestation · Red Hatrpm

90%

All versions

Developer Hub · Red Hatrpm

90%

All versions

Enterprise Linux · Red Hatrpm

90%

All versions

Exploit Intelligence · Red Hatrpm

90%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: cverecord

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-114236

Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: cverecord

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2558105

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.3LOWredhat

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: REQUIRED
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: LOW

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS

CWE

CWE-772

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