Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions Affecting containerd package, versions <1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-CONTAINERD-13849179
  • published7 Nov 2025
  • disclosed6 Nov 2025

Introduced: 6 Nov 2025

CVE-2024-25621  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-279  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 containerd to version 1.4.13ds1-1deb11u6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream containerd package and not the containerd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 0.1.0 through 1.7.28, 2.0.0-beta.0 through 2.0.6, 2.1.0-beta.0 through 2.1.4 and 2.2.0-beta.0 through 2.2.0-rc.1 have an overly broad default permission vulnerability. Directory paths /var/lib/containerd, /run/containerd/io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri and /run/containerd/io.containerd.sandbox.controller.v1.shim were all created with incorrect permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. Workarounds include updating system administrator permissions so the host can manually chmod the directories to not have group or world accessible permissions, or to run containerd in rootless mode.

CVSS Base Scores

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