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SCA: security update for github.com/containerd/containerd (GHSA-hmfx-3pcx-653p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415836

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.18 and
 1.5.18 where supplementary groups are not set up properly inside a container. If an attacker has direct
 access to a container and manipulates their supplementary group access, they may be able to use
 supplementary group access to bypass primary group restrictions in some cases, potentially gaining access
 to sensitive information or gaining the ability to execute code in that container. Downstream applications
 that use the containerd client library may be affected as well. This bug has been fixed in containerd
 v1.6.18 and v.1.5.18. Users should update to these versions and recreate containers to resolve this issue.
 Users who rely on a downstream application that uses containerd's client library should check that
 application for a separate advisory and instructions. As a workaround, ensure that the `"USER $USERNAME"`
 Dockerfile instruction is not used. Instead, set the container entrypoint to a value similar to
 `ENTRYPOINT ["su", "-", "user"]` to allow `su` to properly set up supplementary groups. (CVE-2023-25173)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmfx-3pcx-653p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415836

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25173

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25173