RHEL 10 : rh-podman-desktop (RHSA-2026:57590)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 338414

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:57590 advisory.

Red Hat build of Podman Desktop is a graphical tool for managing containers using Podman. It allows users to run, manage, and configure containers and container images using a desktop GUI.

Security Fix(es):

* github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4: Go JOSE: Denial of Service via crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) object (CVE-2026-34986)

* ip-address: ip-address: Cross-site scripting via improper HTML escaping of untrusted input (CVE-2026-42338)

* protobufjs: protobufjs: Denial of Service via crafted JSON descriptors (CVE-2026-45740)

* ws: ws: Uninitialized memory disclosure via `websocket.close()` with `TypedArray` (CVE-2026-45736)

* devalue: devalue: Excessive memory consumption via deserialization of sparse arrays (CVE-2026-42570)

* tmp: path Traversal via unsanitized prefix/postfix enables directory escape (CVE-2026-44705)

* form-data: form-data: Form field override via CRLF injection (CVE-2026-12143)

* webpack-dev-server: webpack-dev-server: Information disclosure and denial of service via improper proxy configuration (CVE-2026-9595)

* ws: ws: Denial of Service via memory exhaustion from small WebSocket fragments (CVE-2026-48779)

* extract-zip: github.com/maxogden/extract-zip: extract-zip: Arbitrary file write and information disclosure via symlink validation bypass (CVE-2026-56876)

* fast-uri: fast-uri: Security policy bypass due to improper Unicode hostname canonicalization (CVE-2026-13676)

* brace-expansion: Brace-expansion: Denial of Service due to exponential-time complexity (CVE-2026-13149)

* tar: Node-tar: Denial of Service via malformed tar archive header (CVE-2026-59874)

* tar: node-tar: Denial of Service via crafted gzip bomb (CVE-2026-59873)

* js-yaml: js-yaml: Denial of Service via crafted YAML documents (CVE-2026-59869)

* protobufjs: protobufjs: Denial of Service via crafted .proto schema (CVE-2026-59877)

* grpc-js: @grpc/grpc-js: Server crash via malformed HTTP/2 stream initiation (CVE-2026-48068)

* linkify-it: linkify-it: Denial of Service via algorithmic complexity vulnerability (CVE-2026-48801)

* dompurify: DOMPurify: Cross-site scripting vulnerability allows code execution (CVE-2026-49978)

* brace-expansion: Brace-expansion: Denial of Service via memory exhaustion in expand() function (CVE-2026-14257)

* postcss: PostCSS: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted CSS input (CVE-2026-45623)

* postcss: PostCSS: Information disclosure via crafted sourceMappingURL (CVE-2026-69153)

* brace-expansion: DoS via unbounded intermediate arrays, bypassing the CVE-2026-14257 mitigation (CVE-2026-69152)

* ip-address: ip-address: Inconsistent IP address parsing leads to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and trust-boundary bypass (CVE-2026-69192)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Release RH Podman Desktop 1.1.2 to RHEL 10.2 Extensions (JIRA:RHEL-238929)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected rh-podman-desktop package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 338414

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-57590.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/20/2026

Updated: 8/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 8.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59873

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-podman-desktop

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12143, CVE-2026-13149, CVE-2026-13676, CVE-2026-14257, CVE-2026-34986, CVE-2026-42338, CVE-2026-42570, CVE-2026-44705, CVE-2026-45623, CVE-2026-45736, CVE-2026-45740, CVE-2026-48068, CVE-2026-48779, CVE-2026-48801, CVE-2026-49978, CVE-2026-56876, CVE-2026-59869, CVE-2026-59873, CVE-2026-59874, CVE-2026-59877, CVE-2026-69152, CVE-2026-69153, CVE-2026-69192, CVE-2026-9595

CWE: 1050, 131, 1333, 1389, 22, 248, 346, 551, 606, 770, 776, 79, 824, 835, 93

RHSA: 2026:57590

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