Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/images package, versions >=2.0.1 <2.0.5>=2.1.0-beta.0 <2.1.0
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- published22 May 2025
- disclosed21 May 2025
- creditRodrigo Campos Catelin, Piotr Rogowski
Introduced: 21 May 2025
NewCVE-2025-47291 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/images to version 2.0.5, 2.1.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Privilege Assignment due to the incorrect assignment of cgroup hierarchy. An attacker can cause a denial of service of the Kubernetes node by exploiting this misconfiguration, where some Kubernetes limits are not honored. This is only exploitable if usernamespaced pods are enabled in Kubernetes.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling usernamespaced pods in Kubernetes temporarily.