Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting containerd-stress package, versions <0:2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-CONTAINERDSTRESS-21702600
  • published25 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Oct 2026

Introduced: 8 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-61801  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 containerd-stress to version 0:2.3.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3273.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream containerd-stress package and not the containerd-stress package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

The github.com/moby/sys/user package provides Go utilities for parsing and looking up entries in Unix-style user and group database files. Versions before 0.4.1 do not sufficiently limit entries when parsing /etc/passwd- or /etc/group-style files, allowing an attacker who can supply a specially crafted file to cause excessive memory consumption and potentially terminate the affected process due to an out-of-memory condition. This issue is patched in version 0.4.1. As a workaround, avoid parsing attacker-controlled user or group database files, or validate and limit untrusted input before parsing it.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1