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SCA: security update for github.com/containerd/containerd, github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (GHSA-fqw6-gf59-qr4w)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442292

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 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1,
 containers launched with a numeric User directive that cannot be parsed as a 32-bit integer are
 incorrectly treated as a username, leading to runAsNonRoot evasion. If a crafted image provides an
 /etc/passwd file mapping this large numeric string to root, the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0).
 This allows the Kubernetes runAsNonRoot restriction to be bypassed, causing unexpected behavior for
 environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This issue has been fixed in versions
 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1. (CVE-2026-46680)

Solution

Update the github.com/containerd/containerd library and its related packages to version 1.7.32 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fqw6-gf59-qr4w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442292

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/22/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46680

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46680

cwe: CWE-843