CVE-2026-53488

critical · 9.4

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.

9.4

CVSS

0.2%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

7th

EPSS percentile

2026-07-01

Published

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
linuxfoundation	containerd	>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.33
linuxfoundation	containerd	>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10
linuxfoundation	containerd	>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9
linuxfoundation	containerd	>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5
linuxfoundation	containerd	>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2

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References

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

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-53488