Database/Container, Kubernetes & orchestration
containerd: UID:GID larger than 32-bit signed max wraps to 0, silently running the container as root
CVSS 4.6CVE-2024-40635Container, Kubernetes & orchestrationcurated
Impact
UID:GID larger than 32-bit signed max wraps to 0, silently running the container as root
Who can reach it
Malicious image setting a huge numeric USER
What to do
Rolling containerd upgrade with node drain; add admission check on runAsUser
References
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