Database/Container, Kubernetes & orchestration
containerd: CRI plugin propagates unvalidated image LABEL values into container config
CVSS 9.4CVE-2026-53488Container, Kubernetes & orchestrationcurated
Impact
CRI plugin propagates unvalidated image LABEL values into container config; highest-severity containerd issue to date
Who can reach it
Malicious image
What to do
Emergency rolling containerd upgrade with node drain; gate tenant image sources
References
Related entries
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- containerd: CRI restores container.log from a checkpoint image without validating symlinksCVE-2026-53489 · containerdHigh
- containerd: On SELinux hosts, an unprivileged pod with a hostPath volume can gain full read/write to the host filesystemCVE-2021-43816 · containerdHigh
- containerd: Container root dirs and plugin dirs created world-traversableCVE-2021-41103 · containerdHigh
- containerd: TOCTOU during image unpack: a crafted image can arbitrarily modify the host filesystemCVE-2025-47290 · containerdHigh
- containerd: Crafted image config allows arbitrary host file read by containers launched via the CRI pluginCVE-2022-23648 · containerdHigh
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