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CVE-2026-53489

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.5 Published: 2026-07-01 Modified: 2026-07-02

Description

containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions prior to 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9 contain a bug where the CRI plugin restores container.log from a checkpoint image without validating a symlinked path. This could result in reading an arbitrary file on the host via kubectl logs. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9.

Affected Platforms

Linuxfoundation Containerd

Weakness Type

CWE-61

References