CVE-2026-53488

containerd CRI plugin: — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull

State: Published
Severity: 9.4 Critical
Published: Jul 1, 2026
Updated: Jul 3, 2026
Reserved: Jun 9, 2026

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Description

containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10 the CRI plugin propagates labels from an image config (LABEL instruction in Dockerfile) to a container without validation. This may result in executing an arbitrary command on the host, via a plugin that consumes container labels for some operations. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.4 Critical	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

Product	Versions
containerdcontainerd	< 1.7.33Affected >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10Affected >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9Affected >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5Affected >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2Affected

References

https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp

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