CVE-2025-11395 Podman: arbitrary file write when importing oci archive
Attackers can write arbitrary files to the host via crafted OCI archives in podman load, requiring user privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-11395?
CVE-2025-11395 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, published on 15 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-277
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11395?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11395?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-11395 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11395 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-103068, AZL-103079, AZL-103086, AZL-103137, AZL-103224, AZL-103272 and 6 more.