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

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.. # Security update for podman Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20103-1 Release Date: 2026-01-21T11:06:30Z Rating: important References: * bsc#1249154 * bsc#1252376 Cross-References: * 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 * 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-2025-52565 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H * 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 * CVE-2025-52881 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H * CVE-2025-9566 ( SUSE ): 7.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N * CVE-2025-9566 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H * CVE-2025-9566 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H AffectedProducts: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed. ## Description: 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 * podman-remote-debuginfo-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * podman-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * podman-remote-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * podman-debuginfo-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch) * podman-docker-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64) * podmansh-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * podman-remote-debuginfo-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * podman-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * podman-remote-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * podman-debuginfo-5.4.2-160000.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (noarch) * podman-docker-5.4.2-160000.3.1 ## 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://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9566.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249154 * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252376 . SUSE update addresses important security flaws in Podman affectingsustainability and functionality. Install recommendations inside.. SUSE Podman update important security flaws install instructions. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 23, 2026 SuSE