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CVE-2026-53489

33
FAUCET Score

containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions prior to 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9 contain a bug where the CRI plugin restores container.log from a checkpoint image without validating a symlinked path. This could result in reading an arbitrary file on the host via kubectl logs. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9.

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

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 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

8.2HIGH

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

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-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 (3)

ubuntuUSN-8472-1

containerd vulnerabilities

Jun 25, 2026
ubuntuUSN-8473-1

containerd vulnerabilities

Jun 25, 2026
goGHSA-rgh6-rfwx-v388high

Arbitrary host CRI log file read via symlink following in CRI checkpoint restore

Jun 19, 2026

References

github.com / containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-rgh6-rfwx-v388
MitigationVendor Advisory