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SCA: security update for github.com/containerd/containerd, github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443739

Description

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

 - containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and
 2.0.10 the CRI plugin propagates labels from an image config (LABEL instruction in Dockerfile) to a
 container without validation. This may result in executing an arbitrary command on the host, via a plugin
 that consumes container labels for some operations. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.33, 2.3.2,
 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10. (CVE-2026-53488)

Solution

Update the github.com/containerd/containerd library and its related packages to version 1.7.33 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 443739

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/20/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.15

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-2026-53488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Threat Score: 7.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53488

cwe: CWE-74