Containerd 1.7.x < 1.7.33 / 2.0.x < 2.0.10 / 2.1.x < 2.1.9 / 2.2.x < 2.2.5 / 2.3.x < 2.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 322407

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Synopsis

The container runtime installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Containerd on the remote host is 1.7.x prior to 1.7.33, 2.0.x prior to 2.0.10, 2.1.x prior to 2.1.9, 2.2.x prior to 2.2.5, or 2.3.x prior to 2.3.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A vulnerability in containerd allows a maliciously crafted image to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.
When creating a container from this image, memory exhaustion occurs, leading to an Out Of Memory (OOM) kill of the containerd process. This renders the container runtime API unavailable and can disrupt clients such as the Docker Engine or Kubernetes control-plane components. (CVE-2026-47262)

- A bug was found in containerd where 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. (CVE-2026-53488)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Containerd version 1.7.33, 2.0.10, 2.1.9, 2.2.5, 2.3.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 322407

File Name: containerd_CVE-2026-53488.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 6/24/2026

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:linuxfoundation:containerd

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-47262, CVE-2026-53488

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