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Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

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Features

  • Manages OCI containers and pods without a daemon
  • Rootless container execution with user namespace isolation
  • Docker‑compatible CLI and REST API
  • Supports multiple image formats (OCI, Docker)
  • Provides networking via Netavark

Recent releases

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v5.8.2 Security relevant
Security fixes
  • CVE-2026-33414: podman machine init --image on Windows Hyper-V backend allows execution of Powershell-escaped commands from user-specified image path
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v5.8.1 Bug fix

Critical bugfix for incomplete BoltDB to SQLite database migration after reboot that could split containers across databases. Affected users provided recovery instructions via manual file operations.

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v5.8.0 New feature
Breaking changes
  • BoltDB support ending in Podman 6.0
Notable features
  • Multi-Quadlet file installation
  • AppArmor profile support
  • Automatic SQLite migration
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