8.2
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-53489
containerd: Arbitrary host CRI log file read via symlink following in CRI checkpoint restore
Description

containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions prior to 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9 contain a bug where the CRI plugin restores container.log from a checkpoint image without validating a symlinked path. This could result in reading an arbitrary file on the host via kubectl logs. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9.

INFO

Published Date :

July 1, 2026, 6:10 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 1, 2026, 6:10 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

GitHub_M
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-53489 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linuxfoundation containerd
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update containerd to a patched version to prevent arbitrary file reads.
  • Update containerd to version 2.3.2 or later.
  • Update containerd to version 2.2.5 or later.
  • Update containerd to version 2.1.9 or later.

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