Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-24835
Podman Desktop is a graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes. A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Podman Desktop prior to version 1.25.1 allows any extension to completely circumvent permission checks and gain unauthorized access to all authentication sessions. The `isAccessAllowed()` function unconditionally returns `true`, enabling malicious extensions to impersonate any user, hijack authentication sessions, and access sensitive resources without authorization. This vulnerability affects all versions of Podman Desktop. Version 1.25.1 contains a patch for the issue.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 17.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.1
Products affected by CVE-2026-24835
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:0.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.13.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.13.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.14.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.16.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.17.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.18.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.19.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.20.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.20.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.22.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.23.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.24.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.24.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:podman_desktop:1.9.1