Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions Affecting containerd-ctr package, versions <1.7.29-150000.128.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-CONTAINERDCTR-14151295
  • published29 Nov 2025
  • disclosed28 Nov 2025

Introduced: 28 Nov 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 containerd-ctr to version 1.7.29-150000.128.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream containerd-ctr package and not the containerd-ctr package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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

version 3.1