Security update for podman

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:4079-1
Release Date:	2025-11-12T12:48:52Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1252376 bsc#1252543
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-31133 CVE-2025-52565 CVE-2025-52881
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-31133 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVE-2025-31133 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-31133 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVE-2025-52565 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVE-2025-52565 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-52565 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVE-2025-52881 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVE-2025-52881 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-52881 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for podman fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-31133: Fixed container escape via 'masked path' abuse due to mount race conditions (bsc#1252376)
• CVE-2025-52565: Fixed container escape with malicious config due to /dev/console mount and related races (bsc#1252376)
• CVE-2025-52881: Fixed container escape and denial of service due to arbitrary write gadgets and procfs write redirects (bsc#1252376)

Other fixes: - podman and buildah with runc 1.3.2 fail with lots of warnings as rootless (bsc#1252543)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-4079=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-4079=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podmansh-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • podman-docker-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • podman-docker-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • podman-docker-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (noarch)
  • podman-docker-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • podman-docker-4.9.5-150400.4.59.2

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-31133.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-52565.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-52881.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252376
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252543