CVE-2026-53492

containerd: containerd is an open-source container runtime

CVE-2026-53492 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by containerd 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1, released June 21, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.6
critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0035
29th percentile

containerd is an open-source container runtime. In Versions prior to 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9, the CRI implementation improperly trusts Container Device Interface (CDI) annotations found within untrusted checkpoint image metadata during container restoration. When restoring a container from a checkpoint, containerd preserves CDI-related annotations from the checkpoint archive rather than relying solely on the pod's create-time specification. This allows a user with pod creation permissions to bypass standard Kubernetes resource allocation and device plugin enforcement, injecting arbitrary CDI edits (such as device nodes and host mounts) into the restored container. Successful exploitation requires that the node has CDI enabled and contains a matching host CDI specification for the requested device; environments where CDI is disabled or lacking sensitive device specifications are not affected. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
containerd · Debian 14 2.1.9+ds1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53492 Jun 24, 2026
containerd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 containerd 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~22.04.2 Jun 26, 2026
containerd · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~24.04.3 containerd 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~24.04.3 Jun 26, 2026
containerd · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~25.10.2 containerd 2.2.1-0ubuntu1~25.10.2 Jun 26, 2026
containerd · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 containerd 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 Jun 21, 2026
containerd · amzn 2023 2.2.4-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1897 Jun 22, 2026
containerd-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.2.4-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1897 Jun 22, 2026
containerd-debugsource · amzn 2023 2.2.4-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1897 Jun 22, 2026
containerd-stable · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) 2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2 containerd-stable 2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2 Jun 26, 2026
containerd-stable · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 containerd-stable 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 Jun 21, 2026
containerd-stress · amzn 2023 2.2.4-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1897 Jun 22, 2026
containerd-stress-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2.2.4-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2026-1897 Jun 22, 2026
govulncheck-vulndb · opensuse-leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Jul 30, 2026
trivy · opensuse-leap 16.0 0.71.2-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21072-1 Jun 26, 2026

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