#VU121660 Resource exhaustion in Podman - CVE-2024-3056
Published: January 19, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU121660
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3056
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Podman
Podman
Software vendor:
Container Projects
Container Projects
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can create a specially crafted container that, when configured to share the same IPC with at least one other container, can create a large number of IPC resources in /dev/shm leading to a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.