[Announce] [Security Advisory] ALSA-2019:0975: An update for the container-tools:rhel8 module is now available for AlmaLinux AlmaLinux Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. (Important)

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Important Release date: 2026-11-05 Summary: The container-tools module contains tools for working with containers, notably podman, buildah, skopeo, and runc. Security Fix(es): * A flaw was found in the way runc handled system file descriptors when running containers. A malicious container could use this flaw to overwrite contents of the runc binary and consequently run arbitrary commands on the container host system. (CVE-2019-5736) 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. Bug Fix(es): * [stream rhel8] rebase container-selinux to 2.94 (BZ#1693675) * [stream rhel8] unable to mount disk at `/var/lib/containers` via `systemd` unit when `container-selinux` policy installed (BZ#1695669) * [stream rhel8] don't allow a container to connect to random services (BZ#1695689) Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2019-0975.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team