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Alpine: multiple podman packages: security update to 5.8.9-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476154

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A path traversal vulnerability was found in gvproxy, the network forwarder provided by the gvisor-tap-
 vsock package. The unauthenticated /services/forwarder/expose endpoint does not validate the caller-
 supplied socket path, allowing an attacker to delete arbitrary files on the host system. (CVE-2026-107935)

Solution

Update the podman library and its related packages to version 5.8.9-r0 or later.

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-107935

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 476154

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/18/2026

Updated: 10/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-107935

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-107935