CVE-2026-114236 Podman: goroutine/file-descriptor leak in storage/pkg/archive.applylayer and applyuncompressedlayer on malformed layers
Low 3.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-114236 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-114236 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-114236 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114236/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114236/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-114236?
CVE-2026-114236 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Official 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
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-114236?
How do I fix CVE-2026-114236?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-114236 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-114236 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-114236 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-109826, AZL-109875, AZL-109935, BELL-CVE-2026-114236, GHSA-q5j6-vx79-v9f8.