Netavark: podman: netavark may resolve hostnames to unexpected hosts

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title Netavark: podman: netavark may resolve hostnames to unexpected hosts
Type cve
Published 2025-07-28T18:16:07.853Z
Modified 2025-07-28T18:29:12.662Z

Product Information

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVSS Information

Base Score 3.7 (LOW)
Attack Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

AI Analysis

AI Description A vulnerability in the netavark package allows containers to resolve hostnames to unexpected external servers due to the removal of the dns.podman search domain, potentially leading to DNS resolution issues when a container’s hostname matches a search domain in the host’s resolv.conf.
AI Severity Low
AI Vendor Red Hat
AI Product netavark

Additional Information

CWE List CWE-15
Source redhat

Description

A vulnerability was found in the netavark package, a network stack for containers used with Podman. Due to dns.podman search domain being removed, netavark may return external servers if a valid A/AAAA record is sent as a response. When creating a container with a given name, this name will be used as the hostname for the container itself, as the podman’s search domain is not added anymore the container is using the host’s resolv.conf, and the DNS resolver will try to look into the search domains contained on it. If one of the domains contain a name with the same hostname as the running container, the connection will forward to unexpected external servers.

💭 Join the Security Discussion

🔒 Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

⚠️ Please be respectful and constructive in your comments. Security discussions should remain professional.