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CVE-2026-46680

35
FAUCET Score

containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1, containers launched with a numeric User directive that cannot be parsed as a 32-bit integer are incorrectly treated as a username, leading to runAsNonRoot evasion. If a crafted image provides an /etc/passwd file mapping this large numeric string to root, the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0). This allows the Kubernetes runAsNonRoot restriction to be bypassed, causing unexpected behavior for environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1.

First published: Jul 1, 2026Last modified: Jul 1, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.7.27, < 1.7.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.4, < 2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, < 2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 (5)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerdFixed in: 1.7.32
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerd/v2Fixed in: 2.0.9
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerd/v2Fixed in: 2.2.4
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerd/v2Fixed in: 2.3.1
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-fqw6-gf59-qr4whigh

containerd user ID handling bypass allows runAsNonRoot evasion

May 21, 2026

References

github.com / containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-fqw6-gf59-qr4w
MitigationVendor Advisory