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CVE-2026-53488

41
FAUCET Score

containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10 the CRI plugin propagates labels from an image config (LABEL instruction in Dockerfile) to a container without validation. This may result in executing an arbitrary command on the host, via a plugin that consumes container labels for some operations. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10.

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

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.4CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
HIGH
SS Integrity
HIGH
SS Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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

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 (19)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerdFixed in: 1.7.33
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerd/v2Fixed in: 2.0.10
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerd/v2Fixed in: 2.1.9
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerd/v2Fixed in: 2.2.5
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/containerd/containerd/v2Fixed in: 2.3.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd-app (focal)Fixed in: 1.7.24-0ubuntu1~20.04.2+esm2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd-app (jammy)Fixed in: 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd-app (noble)Fixed in: 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~24.04.3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd-app (questing)Fixed in: 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~25.10.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd-app (resolute)Fixed in: 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd (bionic)Fixed in: 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm4
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd (focal)Fixed in: 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.8+esm2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd (jammy)Fixed in: 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~22.04.11
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd (noble)Fixed in: 1.6.24~ds1-1ubuntu1.3+esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd (resolute)Fixed in: 1.7.24~ds1-10ubuntu1+esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd (xenial)Fixed in: 1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm7
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd-stable (questing)Fixed in: 2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: containerd-stable (resolute)Fixed in: 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (4)

ubuntuUSN-8472-1

containerd vulnerabilities

Jun 25, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8471-1

containerd vulnerabilities

Jun 25, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8473-1

containerd vulnerabilities

Jun 25, 2026
goGHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxphigh

containerd CRI — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull

Jun 19, 2026

References

github.com / containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp
MitigationVendor Advisory