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SCA: security update for github.com/containerd/containerd, github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435984

Description

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

 - 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)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 435984

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.79

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25621

cwe: CWE-279