High 7.8Published Nov 6, 2025

CVE-2024-25621containerd is an open-source container runtime.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:30 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-279
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

linuxfoundation containerd linuxfoundation:containerd	before 1.7.29; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.7; from 2.1.0 before 2.1.5; 2.2.0; 2.2.0; 2.2.0; 2.2.0; 2.2.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/rootless.mdproduct
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/7c59e8e9e970d38061a77b586b23655c352bfec5patch
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8wpatch, vendor-advisory

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