Podman Desktop is a graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes. Prior to 1.26.2, an unauthenticated HTTP server exposed by Podman Desktop allows any network attacker to remotely trigger denial-of-service conditions and extract sensitive information. By abusing missing connection limits and timeouts, an attacker can exhaust file descriptors and kernel memory, leading to application crash or full host freeze. Additionally, verbose error responses disclose internal paths and system details (including usernames on Windows), aiding further exploitation. The issue requires no authentication or user interaction and is exploitable over the network. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.26.2.

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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Podman-desktop
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Podman Desktop is a graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes. Prior to 1.26.2, an unauthenticated HTTP server exposed by Podman Desktop allows any network attacker to remotely trigger denial-of-service conditions and extract sensitive information. By abusing missing connection limits and timeouts, an attacker can exhaust file descriptors and kernel memory, leading to application crash or full host freeze. Additionally, verbose error responses disclose internal paths and system details (including usernames on Windows), aiding further exploitation. The issue requires no authentication or user interaction and is exploitable over the network. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.26.2.
Title Podman Desktop WebView Server Exposed
Weaknesses CWE-209
CWE-284
CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T15:44:10.506Z

Reserved: 2026-03-25T15:29:04.745Z

Link: CVE-2026-34045

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-08T15:43:58.531Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-07T21:17:17.557

Modified: 2026-04-08T21:27:00.663

Link: CVE-2026-34045

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-08T19:45:43Z

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