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CVE-2021-41103

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41103 is a critical vulnerability in containerd, an open-source container runtime, affecting various Linux distributions including Debian and Fedora. It allows unprivileged Linux users on the host to traverse container root directories, execute programs with extended permissions, and potentially read/modify container files if UID collisions occur. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this local vulnerability has low attack complexity and can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerdFixed in: 1.5.7
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerdFixed in: 1.4.11
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 moby-containerd 1.4.4+azure-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18972-16820Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18973-16823Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 moby-containerd 1.4.4+azure-4 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: -
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: rhosp-rhel8-tech-preview/osp-director-operator-bundle:1.2.3-7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: rhosp-rhel8-tech-preview/osp-director-operator:1.2.3-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: rhosp-rhel8-tech-preview/osp-director-operator:1.2.3-4
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: osp-director-provisioner-container
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: rhosp-rhel8/osp-director-downloader

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2021-Oct/CVE-2021-41103Important

Insufficiently restricted permissions on plugin directories

Oct 12, 2021
goGHSA-c2h3-6mxw-7mvqmedium

Insufficiently restricted permissions on plugin directories

Oct 4, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-41103Moderate

containerd: insufficiently restricted permissions on container root and plugin directories

Oct 4, 2021

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-222547.pdf
github.com / containerd/containerd/commit/5b46e404f6b9f661a205e28d59c982d3634148f8
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-c2h3-6mxw-7mvq
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5Q6G6I4W5COQE25QMC7FJY3I3PAYFBB
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNFADTCHHYWVM6W4NJ6CB4FNFM2VMBIB
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-31
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-5002
Third Party Advisory