CVE-2024-25621

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

CVE-2024-25621 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25621, released November 6, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
6th percentile

This update for containerd fixes the following issues: - Update to containerd v1.7.29 - CVE-2024-25621: Fixed an overly broad default permission vulnerability. (bsc#1253126) - CVE-2025-64329: Fixed a goroutine leaks which can lead to memory exhaustion on the host. (bsc#1253132)

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
containerd · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u6 DLA-4467-1 Feb 5, 2026
containerd · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.6.20~ds1-1+deb12u2 DSA-6067-1 Dec 2, 2025
containerd · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.7.24~ds1-6+deb13u1 DSA-6067-1 Dec 2, 2025
containerd · Debian 14 1.7.24~ds1-9 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25621 Nov 6, 2025
containerd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm3 containerd 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm3 Nov 6, 2025
containerd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.7.24-0ubuntu1~20.04.2+esm1 containerd 1.7.24-0ubuntu1~20.04.2+esm1 Nov 6, 2025
containerd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.7.28-0ubuntu1~22.04.1+esm1 containerd 1.7.28-0ubuntu1~22.04.1+esm1 Nov 6, 2025
containerd · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.7.28-0ubuntu1~24.04.2 containerd 1.7.28-0ubuntu1~24.04.2 Nov 6, 2025
containerd · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 2.1.3-0ubuntu3.1 containerd 2.1.3-0ubuntu3.1 Nov 6, 2025
containerd · amzn 2023 2.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2025-1304 Dec 8, 2025
containerd · opensuse-leap 15.6 1.7.29-150000.128.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4288-1 Nov 28, 2025
containerd · opensuse-leap 16.0 1.7.33-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21213-1 Jul 2, 2026
containerd · sles 15.6 1.7.29-150000.128.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4288-1 Nov 28, 2025
containerd · sles 15.7 1.7.29-150000.128.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4288-1 Nov 28, 2025
containerd-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2025-1304 Dec 8, 2025
containerd-debugsource · amzn 2023 2.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2025-1304 Dec 8, 2025
containerd-stress · amzn 2023 2.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2025-1304 Dec 8, 2025
containerd-stress-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.1.5-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2025-1304 Dec 8, 2025
golang-github-containerd-containerd-api-dev · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1.7.24~ds1-8ubuntu1.1 golang-github-containerd-containerd-api-dev 1.7.24~ds1-8ubuntu1.1 Nov 6, 2025
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm3 golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~18.04.1+esm3 Nov 6, 2025
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.8+esm1 golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~20.04.8+esm1 Nov 6, 2025
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~22.04.10 golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev 1.6.12-0ubuntu1~22.04.10 Nov 6, 2025
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.6.24~ds1-1ubuntu1.3+esm2 golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev 1.6.24~ds1-1ubuntu1.3+esm2 Nov 6, 2025
golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 1.7.24~ds1-8ubuntu1.1 golang-github-containerd-containerd-dev 1.7.24~ds1-8ubuntu1.1 Nov 6, 2025
govulncheck-vulndb · opensuse-leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Jul 30, 2026
trivy · Fedora 43 0.69.3-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-868E266938 Apr 4, 2026
trivy-debuginfo · Fedora 43 0.69.3-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-868E266938 Apr 4, 2026
trivy-debugsource · Fedora 43 0.69.3-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-868E266938 Apr 4, 2026

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