High 7.8Published Oct 12, 2026

CVE-2026-95837containerd CRI plugin: Checkpoint restore bypasses destination security context

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:20 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.11%, higher than 1% of scored CVEs.

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containerd is an open-source container runtime. From 2.1.0 until 2.2.7 and 2.3.4, containerd's CRI CreateContainer checkpoint restore is vulnerable because CRIU restores process security state from checkpoint data instead of enforcing the destination ContainerConfig. An attacker who can create a container from a crafted checkpoint can supply restored credentials, capabilities, no_new_privs, and seccomp state. The restored process can run as root with full capabilities and no enforced seccomp filters while CRI status reports the requested configuration. Systems that do not use CRI checkpoint restore are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.7 and 2.3.4.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.11% (percentile 1)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

containerd containerd containerd:containerd (from the name)	from 2.1.0, < 2.2.7; from 2.3.0, < 2.3.4	CNA record

References

https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-p7v4-vr35-mj6fx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/13913x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/928c03c6898cad95f795300281fdff0dbc55a32fx-refsource-misc

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