{"cve":"CVE-2026-53489","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-01T19:16:54.383","modified":"2026-07-02T19:33:12.850","status":"Analyzed","description":"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.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"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","score":8.2},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-61"],"references":["https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-rgh6-rfwx-v388"],"products":["linuxfoundation:containerd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:42:16.820116992+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53489","score":0.00174,"percentile":0.06877,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-rgh6-rfwx-v388","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rgh6-rfwx-v388","summary":"Arbitrary host CRI log file read via symlink following in CRI checkpoint restore","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:50.388984153Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","ranges":[">=2.1.0 <2.1.9"],"fixed":["2.1.9"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","ranges":[">=2.2.0 <2.2.5"],"fixed":["2.2.5"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","ranges":[">=2.3.0 <2.3.2"],"fixed":["2.3.2"]}]},{"id":"GO-2026-5622","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2026-5622","summary":"Arbitrary host CRI log file read via symlink following in CRI checkpoint restore in github.com/containerd/containerd","modified":"2026-06-26T15:44:24.122407064Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/containerd/containerd","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","ranges":[">=2.1.0 <2.1.9",">=2.2.0 <2.2.5",">=2.3.0 <2.3.2"],"fixed":["2.1.9","2.2.5","2.3.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}