CVE-2022-23648 Affecting containerd package, versions <1.5.9-0ubuntu2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-CONTAINERD-2777765
  • published4 Mar 2022
  • disclosed3 Mar 2022

Introduced: 3 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-23648  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 containerd to version 1.5.9-0ubuntu2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

containerd is a container runtime available as a daemon for Linux and Windows. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.1, 1.5.10, and 1.14.12 where containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation on Linux with a specially-crafted image configuration could gain access to read-only copies of arbitrary files and directories on the host. This may bypass any policy-based enforcement on container setup (including a Kubernetes Pod Security Policy) and expose potentially sensitive information. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd’s CRI implementation. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.1, 1.5.10, and 1.4.12. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1