CVE-2026-53488 (GCVE-0-2026-53488)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-01 00:11 – Updated: 2026-07-03 03:56
VLAI
Title
containerd CRI plugin: — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull
Summary
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.
Severity
9.4 (Critical)
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-02 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
containerd containerd Affected: < 1.7.33
Affected: >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10
Affected: >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9
Affected: >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5
Affected: >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2
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