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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2026-53488

Severity High
Score 8.7/10

Summary

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. This issue affects containerd versions from 1.7.0 prior to 1.7.33, 2.0.0 prior to 2.0.10, 2.1.0 prior to 2.1.9, 2.2.0 prior to 2.2.5 and 2.3.0 prior to 2.3.2.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published