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CVE-2026-24835
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-01-28T21:16:12.947 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:23:40.527

Summary

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.

Affected products

linuxfoundation — podman_desktop

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References

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