Identifier / Programs / Linux and Unix

podman

Simple management tool for pods, containers, and images. Provides a Docker-CLI comparable command-line. Simply put: alias docker=podman. tldr-pages

GTFOBins shell 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command

How podman is abused

documented by GTFOBins

shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

run

--rm

-it

--privileged

--volume

Each abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for podman.

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

shell unprivileged, with sudo

This requires an actual image to be available (e.g., alpine) downloading it if not present.

podman run --rm -it --privileged --volume /:/mnt alpine chroot /mnt /bin/sh

Identify

The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. This command is, with GTFOBins’ notes, from GTFOBins, at commit acd524623f9c of 2026-05-27, under the GPL-3.0, with no warranty. Changed: Markdown is shown formatted. The source is in lolbas-gtfobins-commands.json.gz, and the full entry is on GTFOBins’s page for podman. The identifier reads the line that runs podman.

What detects it

Sigma process creation rules

T1059.004Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

List all containers (both running and stopped)

podman ps --allIdentify

Create a container from an image, with a custom name

podman run --name container_name imageIdentify

Start or stop an existing container

podman start container_nameIdentify

None of the 3 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.

podman

How podman is abused

1 documented command

What detects it

Everyday use

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