# CVE-2026-33414: podman: Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods

CVE-2026-33414 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33414, released April 14, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33414
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.8 (high)
- EPSS: 0.0061
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Apr 14, 2026

## Description

Podman is a tool for managing OCI containers and pods. Versions 4.8.0 through 5.8.1 contain a command injection vulnerability in the HyperV machine backend in pkg/machine/hyperv/stubber.go, where the VM image path is inserted into a PowerShell double-quoted string without sanitization, allowing $() subexpression injection. Because PowerShell evaluates subexpressions inside double-quoted strings before executing the outer command, an attacker who can control the VM image path through a crafted machine name or image directory can execute arbitrary PowerShell commands with the privileges of the Podman process. On typical Windows installations this means SYSTEM-level code execution, and only Windows is affected as the code is exclusive to the HyperV backend. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.2.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | govulncheck-vulndb opensuse-leap 16.0 | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21483-1.md) | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Linux | podman Debian 14 | 5.8.2+ds1-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33414](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-33414.md) | Apr 14, 2026 |

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