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SUSE Podman Critical Security Patches for CVE-2025-31133 and CVE-2025-9566

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE update addresses important security flaws in Podman affecting sustainability and functionality. Install recommendations inside.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for podman fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-31133,CVE-2025-52565,CVE-2025-52881: container breakouts by bypassing runc's restrictions for writing to arbitrary /proc files (bsc#1252376). * CVE-2025-9566: kube play command may overwrite host files (bsc#1249154). ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-161=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-161=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * podmansh-5.4.2-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important Podman container breakout kube overwrite

References

* bsc#1249154

* bsc#1252376

Cross-

* CVE-2025-31133

* CVE-2025-52565

* CVE-2025-52881

* CVE-2025-9566

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-2025-31133 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

* 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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20103-1
Release Date: 2026-01-21T11:06:30Z
Rating: important

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