In containerd (an industry-standard container runtime) before versions 1.3.10 and 1.4.4, containers launched through containerd's CRI implementation (through Kubernetes, crictl, or any other pod/container client that uses the containerd CRI service) that share the same image may receive incorrect environment variables, including values that are defined for other containers. If the affected containers have different security contexts, this may allow sensitive information to be unintentionally shared. If you are not using containerd's CRI implementation (through one of the mechanisms described above), you are not vulnerable to this issue. If you are not launching multiple containers or Kubernetes pods from the same image which have different environment variables, you are not vulnerable to this issue. If you are not launching multiple containers or Kubernetes pods from the same image in rapid succession, you have reduced likelihood of being vulnerable to this issue This vulnerability has been fixed in containerd 1.3.10 and containerd 1.4.4. Users should update to these versions.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade containerdUpgrade k3s | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade containerdUpgrade containerd-debuginfoUpgrade containerd-stress | Jul 4, 2022 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade containerd | Jan 12, 2022 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade containerd | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/containerd. | May 28, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade containerd-ctrUpgrade docker-zsh-completionUpgrade runcUpgrade dockerUpgrade docker-fish-completionUpgrade containerdUpgrade docker-bash-completion | Jun 12, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade containerd | Mar 18, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 10, 2021 |
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