CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2024-25621
High (7.8) in linuxfoundation containerd. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/containerd/containerd 1.7.29.
containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 0.1.0 through 1.7.28, 2.0.0-beta.0 through 2.0.6, 2.1.0-beta.0 through 2.1.4 and 2.2.0-beta.0 through 2.2.0-rc.1 have an overly broad default permission vulnerability. Directory paths `/var/lib/containerd`, `/run/containerd/io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri` and `/run/containerd/io.containerd.sandbox.controller.v1.shim` were all created with incorrect permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. Workarounds include updating system administrator permissions so the host can manually chmod the directories to not have group or world accessible permissions, or to run containerd in rootless mode.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-279
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linuxfoundation:containerd
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w | Go | github.com/containerd/containerd | <1.7.29 | 1.7.29 |
| GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w | Go | github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 | <2.0.7 | 2.0.7 |
| GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w | Go | github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 | >=2.1.0-beta.0 <2.1.5 | 2.1.5 |
| GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w | Go | github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 | >=2.2.0-beta.0 <2.2.0 | 2.2.0 |
| GO-2025-4100 | Go | github.com/containerd/containerd | <1.7.29 | 1.7.29 |
| GO-2025-4100 | Go | github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 | <2.0.7 >=2.1.0-beta.0 <2.1.5 >=2.2.0-beta.0 <2.2.0 | 2.0.7, 2.1.5, 2.2.0 |