Security update for podman

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:4080-1
Release Date:	2025-11-12T12:49:14Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1248988 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 15.3 SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

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:

• Fix: podman and buildah with runc 1.3.2 fail with lots of warnings as rootless (bsc#1252543)
• Add symlink to catatonit in /usr/libexec/podman (bsc#1248988)

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 15.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4080=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-4080=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2025-4080=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2025-4080=1
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2025-4080=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2025-4080=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-4080=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2025-4080=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podmansh-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
  • podman-docker-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • podman-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-remote-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2
  • podman-debuginfo-4.9.5-150300.9.63.2

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=1248988
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252376
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252543