SCA: security update for github.com/containerd/containerd, github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (GHSA-m6hq-p25p-ffr2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 435971

Description

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

- 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)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6hq-p25p-ffr2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435971

Version: Revision 1.10

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64329

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

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-2025-64329

cwe: CWE-401