containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources.

According to the versions of the containerd packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources.(CVE-2025-64329)

    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.(CVE-2024-25621)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS containerd security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the docker-engine packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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.(CVE-2024-25621)

    containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources.(CVE-2025-64329)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS docker-engine security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-005831 advisory.

    containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4467 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4467-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                     Arnaud Rebillout     February 05, 2026                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : containerd     Version        : 1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u6     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-25621 CVE-2025-64329     Debian Bug     : 1120285 1120343

    Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in containerd, an open-source     container runtime, used by e.g. Docker or Kubernetes.

    CVE-2024-25621

        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.

    CVE-2025-64329

        Bug in the CRI Attach implementation where a user can exhaust memory         on the host due to goroutine leaks.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u6.

    We recommend that you upgrade your containerd packages.

    For the detailed security status of containerd please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/containerd

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7983-1 advisory.

    David Leadbeater discovered that containerd incorrectly set certain directory path permissions. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve unauthorised access to the files. (CVE-2024-25621)

    It was discovered that containerd did not properly handle the execution of the goroutine of container     attach. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-64329)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of CBL-Mariner Releases installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-64329 advisory.

  - containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources. (CVE-2025-64329)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of CBL-Mariner Releases installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-64329 advisory.

  - containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources. (CVE-2025-64329)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1304 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2024-25621)

    containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources. (CVE-2025-64329)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of containerd installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2ECS-2025-084 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2024-25621)

    containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources. (CVE-2025-64329)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of containerd installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2025-078 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2024-25621)

    containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources. (CVE-2025-64329)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of containerd installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2DOCKER-2025-086 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2024-25621)

    containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources. (CVE-2025-64329)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4288-1 advisory.

    - Update to containerd v1.7.29
    - CVE-2024-25621: Fixed an overly broad default permission vulnerability. (bsc#1253126)
    - CVE-2025-64329: Fixed a goroutine leaks which can lead to memory exhaustion on the host. (bsc#1253132)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6067 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6067-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     December 02, 2025                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : containerd     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-25621 CVE-2025-64329

    Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Containerd container     runtime, which may result in denial of service or local privilege     escalation.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 1.6.20~ds1-1+deb12u2.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 1.7.24~ds1-6+deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your containerd packages.

    For the detailed security status of containerd please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/containerd

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the containerd package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4072-1 advisory.

    - Update to containerd v1.7.29
    - CVE-2024-25621: Fixed an overly broad default permission vulnerability. (bsc#1253126)
    - CVE-2025-64329: Fixed a goroutine leaks which can lead to memory exhaustion on the host. (bsc#1253132)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 1.7.28 and below, 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 contain a bug in the CRI Attach     implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host due to goroutine leaks. This issue is fixed in     versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. To workaround this vulnerability, users can set up an admission     controller to control accesses to pods/attach resources. (CVE-2025-64329)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
302468	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : containerd (EulerOS-SA-2026-1303)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
302460	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : containerd (EulerOS-SA-2026-1384)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
302400	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : containerd (EulerOS-SA-2026-1353)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
302384	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : containerd (EulerOS-SA-2026-1329)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
301603	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : docker-engine (EulerOS-SA-2026-1266)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
301593	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : docker-engine (EulerOS-SA-2026-1230)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
300988	Unity Linux 20.1060e Security Update: containerd (UTSA-2026-005831)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
297981	Debian dla-4467 : containerd - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
297274	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : containerd vulnerabilities (USN-7983-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
295324	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: CBL-Mariner Releases (CVE-2025-64329)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
295214	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: CBL-Mariner Releases (CVE-2025-64329)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
277805	Amazon Linux 2023 : containerd, containerd-stress (ALAS2023-2025-1304)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
277759	Amazon Linux 2 : containerd, --advisory ALAS2ECS-2025-084 (ALASECS-2025-084)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
277756	Amazon Linux 2 : containerd, --advisory ALAS2NITRO-ENCLAVES-2025-078 (ALASNITRO-ENCLAVES-2025-078)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
277754	Amazon Linux 2 : containerd, --advisory ALAS2DOCKER-2025-086 (ALASDOCKER-2025-086)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
277281	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : containerd (SUSE-SU-2025:4288-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
277078	Debian dsa-6067 : containerd - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
276728	Photon OS 5.0: Containerd PHSA-2025-5.0-0682	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
275270	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : containerd (SUSE-SU-2025:4072-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
274458	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-64329	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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