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medium 6.2

CVE-2023-25153 json

containerd OCI image importer memory exhaustion

published 2023-02-16 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-259w-8hf6-59c2 , GO-2023-1573 , EUVD-2023-0597

cvss
6.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

containerd is an open source container runtime. Before versions 1.6.18 and 1.5.18, when importing an OCI image, there was no limit on the number of bytes read for certain files. A maliciously crafted image with a large file where a limit was not applied could cause a denial of service. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.18 and 1.5.18. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. As a workaround, ensure that only trusted images are used and that only trusted users have permissions to import images.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/containerd/containerd 1.5.18, 1.6.18
  • linuxfoundation containerd 1.5.18, 1.6.18
  • containerd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.18~ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25153

  • containerd Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.3
  • containerd Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~22.04.3
  • containerd Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm4
  • containerd Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25153

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ceph ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el10cp
  • ceph ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el9cp
  • cephadm ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el10cp
  • cephadm ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el9cp
  • librbd1 ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el10cp
  • librbd1 ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el9cp
  • librgw2 ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el10cp
  • librgw2 ceph storage 9.0 2:20.1.0-144.el9cp

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:1536

  • containerd SLE Module for Containers 15 SP4, SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 +4 more 1.6.19-150000.87.1
  • containerd SLE Module for Containers 12 1.6.19-16.76.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:1827-1SUSE-SU-2023:1826-1

  • containerd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.6.19-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12822-1

  • containerd Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 1.6.18-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-25153

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • k3s CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.25.5-7
  • moby-engine CBL-Mariner 2.0 20.10.14-7
  • moby-containerd CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.6.18-2
  • moby-engine Azure Linux 3.0 20.10.25-3

azure linux advisories AZL-13571AZL-13584AZL-13674AZL-35000

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-25153 updated cvss 5.5

containerd: OCI image importer memory exhaustion

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 6 grafana, promtail Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 grafana, promtail Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 grafana, promtail
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CNV 4.14 for RHEL 9 container-native-virtualization/multus-dynamic-networks-rhel9 v4.14.0-34
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6817
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.1 rhceph/grafana-rhel9 1791450715
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:83548
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 rhceph/grafana-rhel9 1787305054
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62115
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 9.0 Tools ceph 20.1.0-144.el9cp, ceph 20.1.0-144.el10cp, cephadm 20.1.0-144.el9cp, librbd1 20.1.0-144.el9cp, librgw2 20.1.0-144.el9cp, rbd-nbd 20.1.0-144.el9cp, +40 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:1536
  • Red Hat CNV 4.14 for RHEL 9 container-native-virtualization/pr-helper-rhel9 v4.14.0-395, container-native-virtualization/mtq-operator-rhel9 v4.14.0-82, container-native-virtualization/mtq-controller-rhel9 v4.14.0-83, container-native-virtualization/mtq-lock-server-rhel9 v4.14.0-83, container-native-virtualization/virt-api-rhel9 v4.14.0--2023-113931, container-native-virtualization/virtio-win-rhel9 v4.14.0--2023-113931, +37 more Red Hat Ceph Storage 7.1 rhceph/rhceph-7-rhel9 1791452477, rhceph/keepalived-rhel9 1791453133, rhceph/snmp-notifier-rhel9 1791450035, rhceph/rhceph-haproxy-rhel9 1791452229, rhceph/rhceph-promtail-rhel9 1791451373 Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 rhceph/rhceph-8-rhel9 1787550654, rhceph/keepalived-rhel9 1787303659, rhceph/oauth2-proxy-rhel9 1787304106, rhceph/snmp-notifier-rhel9 1787303640, rhceph/rhceph-haproxy-rhel9 1787304199, rhceph/rhceph-promtail-rhel9 1787304137 Red Hat Ceph Storage 9.0 Tools nvml 2.1.0-3.el10cp, re2 20211101-4.el9cp, liborc 2.0.3-2.el10cp, re2 20211101-4.el10cp, thrift 0.15.0-3.el9cp, liboath 2.6.12-1.el9cp, +25 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 6.2

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/containerd/containerd
<1.5.18
>=1.6.0, <1.6.18
1.5.18
1.6.18

Affected products

  • containerd containerd

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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