containerd is a container runtime available as a daemon for Linux and Windows. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.1, 1.5.10, and 1.14.12 where containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation on Linux with a specially-crafted image configuration could gain access to read-only copies of arbitrary files and directories on the host. This may bypass any policy-based enforcement on container setup (including a Kubernetes Pod Security Policy) and expose potentially sensitive information. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd’s CRI implementation. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.1, 1.5.10, and 1.4.12. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade containerd | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade dockerUpgrade runcUpgrade containerdUpgrade ecs-initUpgrade docker-debuginfoUpgrade containerd-stressUpgrade runc-debuginfoUpgrade containerd-debuginfo | Jul 4, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade containerd | Mar 5, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade containerd | Nov 7, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023129 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Apr 4, 2023 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-containers/containerd. | Feb 1, 2024 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade docker-engine | Jun 14, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade docker-engineUpgrade docker-engine-selinux | Jan 10, 2024 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade docker-engine-selinuxUpgrade docker-engine | Jun 16, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade containerd-develUpgrade docker-bash-completionUpgrade containerd-ctrUpgrade docker-fish-completionUpgrade docker-kubic-fish-completionUpgrade docker-kubic-kubeadm-criconfigUpgrade dockerUpgrade docker-kubicUpgrade docker-zsh-completionUpgrade trivyUpgrade docker-kubic-zsh-completionUpgrade docker-kubic-bash-completionUpgrade containerd | Mar 5, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade containerdUpgrade containerd (Ubuntu Pro) | Mar 4, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 3, 2022 |
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