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Fencer Vulns
high 7.3

CVE-2024-25621 json

containerd affected by a local privilege escalation via wide permissions on CRI directory

published 2025-11-06 12 mo ago modified 2026-11-08 21 h ago also EUVD-2024-22942 , GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w , GO-2025-4100

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/containerd/containerd 1.7.29
  • go github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 2.0.7, 2.1.5, 2.2.0
  • linuxfoundation containerd 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5, 2.2.0
  • containerd Debian 12 1.6.20~ds1-1+deb12u2
  • containerd Debian 13 1.7.24~ds1-6+deb13u1
  • containerd Debian 14 1.7.24~ds1-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25621

  • containerd Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~22.04.10
  • containerd Ubuntu 25.10 1.7.24~ds1-8ubuntu1.1
  • containerd-app Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.7.28-0ubuntu1~24.04.2
  • containerd-app Ubuntu 25.10 2.1.3-0ubuntu3.1
  • containerd Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.2.6-0ubuntu1~16.04.6+esm6
  • containerd Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm3
  • containerd Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.8+esm1
  • containerd Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1.6.24~ds1-1ubuntu1.3+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25621

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  • containerd SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES for SAP 15 SP3 +17 more 1.7.29-150000.128.1
  • containerd Linux Micro 6.1 1.7.29-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • containerd Linux Micro 6.0 1.7.29-1.1
  • containerd SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 1.7.29-16.105.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:4288-1SUSE-SU-2025:21057-1SUSE-SU-2025:21042-1SUSE-SU-2025:4072-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
  • containerd openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.7.33-160000.1.1
  • containerd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.7.29-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1openSUSE-SU-2026:21213-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15726-1

  • moby-containerd-cc Azure Linux 3.0 1.7.7-10
  • containerd2 Azure Linux 3.0 2.0.0-16
  • moby-containerd CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.6.26-13
  • moby-containerd-cc CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.7.7-13

azure linux advisories AZL-69734AZL-69808AZL-69812AZL-69815

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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-2024-25621 updated cvss 7.7

github.com/containerd/containerd: containerd local privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Assisted Installer for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2 rhai/assisted-installer-agent-rhel9, rhai/assisted-installer-controller-rhel9 Red Hat Deployment Validation Operator dvo/deployment-validation-rhel8-operator
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes multicluster-engine/must-gather-rhel9, multicluster-engine/assisted-installer-rhel8, multicluster-engine/assisted-installer-rhel9, multicluster-engine/assisted-service-8-rhel8, multicluster-engine/assisted-service-9-rhel9, multicluster-engine/assisted-installer-agent-rhel8, +3 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Developer Tools and Services helm, openshift4/ose-jenkins, ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel8, ocp-tools-4/jenkins-rhel9, ocp-tools-4/jenkins-agent-base-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Lightspeed openshift-lightspeed/openshift-mcp-server-rhel9, openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-service-api-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines/pipelines-nop-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-nop-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-events-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-events-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-webhook-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-webhook-rhel9, +16 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Serverless openshift-serverless-1/kn-client-kn-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/serverless-must-gather-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/serverless-must-gather-rhel9, openshift-serverless-1/kn-client-cli-artifacts-rhel8, openshift-serverless-1/kn-plugin-func-func-util-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 rhacm2/multiclusterhub-rhel9, rhacm2/multicloud-integrations-rhel9, rhacm2/multicluster-operators-channel-rhel9, rhacm2/multicluster-operators-subscription-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-26/aap-must-gather-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-26/platform-resource-runner-rhel9 Red Hat Ceph Storage 7 rhceph/rhceph-promtail-rhel9 Red Hat Ceph Storage 8 rhceph/rhceph-promtail-rhel9 Red Hat Certification Program for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rhcertification/redhat-certification-baremetal
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) rhelai1/bootc-gcp-nvidia-rhel9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 rhelai3/bootc-gcp-cuda-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 kata-containers, openshift-clients
    affected: workaround, no fix available, no fix planned “Will not fix”
show 23 more
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel9, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/must-gather-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argo-rollouts-rhel8, +4 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 container-native-virtualization/wasp-agent-rhel9, container-native-virtualization/multus-dynamic-networks-rhel9
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.9 multicluster-globalhub 1.4.3-1765591447, multicluster-globalhub 1.4.3-1765591609, multicluster-globalhub 1.4.3-1765594275, multicluster-globalhub 1.4.3-1765627216
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23644
  • Red Hat Multicluster Global Hub 1.5.8 multicluster-globalhub 1.5.2-1765591064, multicluster-globalhub 1.5.2-1765591231, multicluster-globalhub 1.5.2-1765594821
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23428
  • Red Hat Network Observability (NETOBSERV) 1.11.0 network-observability 1771226060
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2900
  • Red Hat OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.3 oadp/oadp-mustgather-rhel9 1785177359
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:51033
  • Red Hat OpenShift API for Data Protection 1.5 oadp 1768627772
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2343
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 rhacm2/submariner-rhel9-operator 1780204322
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25127
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.7 advanced-cluster-security
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:23248
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.16 rhoai 1774286327
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:5807
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 rhoai 1770788873
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:3713
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4.22 odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 1782932114, odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 1783537001, odf4/mcg-core-rhel9 1783536000, odf4/odf-drbd-rhel9 1783537392, odf4/odf-console-rhel9 1783537586, odf4/devicefinder-rhel9 1782932104, +21 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:37387
  • Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces (RHOSDS) 3.26 devspaces 1769638073, devspaces 1769797105
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:2456
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 rhosp-rhel8 1770909763, rhosp-rhel8 1770909984
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:3122
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 rhosp-rhel9 1.3.1-1765298349
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:22955
  • Red Hat Assisted Installer for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 2 assisted/agent-preinstall-image-builder-rhel9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Compliance Operator compliance/openshift-compliance-must-gather-rhel8
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat Confidential Compute Attestation openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-rhel9-operator, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-operator-bundle, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-must-gather-rhel9, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-builder-rhel9, openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-podvm-payload-rhel9, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift custom-metrics-autoscaler/custom-metrics-autoscaler-rhel9-operator Red Hat File Integrity Operator compliance/openshift-compliance-must-gather-rhel8
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat Gatekeeper 3 gatekeeper/gatekeeper-rhel9
    not affected: vulnerable code not in execute path
  • Red Hat Kernel Module Management Operator for Red Hat Openshift kmm/kernel-module-management-must-gather-rhel9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present
  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/logging-loki-rhel9, openshift-logging/loki-rhel9-operator, openshift-logging/opa-openshift-rhel9, openshift-logging/loki-operator-bundle, openshift-logging/lokistack-gateway-rhel9, openshift-logging/cluster-logging-rhel9-operator Red Hat Logical Volume Manager Storage lvms4/lvms-must-gather-rhel9
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat Machine Deletion Remediation Operator workload-availability/machine-deletion-remediation-rhel9-operator, workload-availability/machine-deletion-remediation-operator-bundle
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

32 more not affected in the full advisory

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
12 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/containerd/containerd
<1.7.29
1.7.29
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

Affected products

  • containerd containerd

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-279 Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.