USN-8473-1: containerd vulnerabilities

Published Jun 25, 2026
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Updated

It was discovered that containerd incorrectly handled HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause containerd to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-33814) Jakub Ciolek and Kyle Elliott discovered that containerd incorrectly handled group parsing when creating containers from images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause containerd to consume excessive memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-47262) Henry Beberman and Robert Prast discovered that containerd incorrectly validated image references when importing container checkpoints. An attacker could possibly use this issue to poison the local image cache and execute arbitrary code in other pods. (CVE-2026-50195) Robert Prast discovered that containerd incorrectly propagated labels from image configurations to containers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2026-53488) Yuming Zhang, Song Li, Sangwon Ryu, Henry Beberman, Robert Prast, Kyle Elliott and Zhenchen Wang discovered that containerd incorrectly validated symlinked paths when restoring container checkpoints. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files on the host, resulting in information disclosure. (CVE-2026-53489) Robert Prast discovered that containerd incorrectly trusted device interface annotations when restoring container checkpoints. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass resource allocation restrictions and inject devices or host mounts into a container. (CVE-2026-53492)

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
ubuntu/containerd-stable<2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1
2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=26.04
All of the following
ubuntu/containerd-stable<2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2
2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=25.10

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/containerd-stable to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/containerd-stable to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2

Event History

Jun 25, 2026
Advisory Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

Which issues could allow code execution beyond a denial of service?

CVE-2026-50195 could poison the local image cache and lead to arbitrary code execution in other pods. CVE-2026-53488 could allow arbitrary code execution on the host.

2

What attacker-controlled inputs are implicated by these flaws?

The described attack paths involve HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames, container images and image-group parsing, imported container checkpoints, image configuration labels, and symlinked paths during checkpoint restoration.

3

How can a deployment be exposed to the checkpoint-related issues?

The affected functionality includes importing and restoring container checkpoints. Environments that perform those operations may be exposed to the image-reference validation and symlinked-path validation flaws described.

4

Are all of the reported issues limited to denial of service?

No. The HTTP/2 SETTINGS-frame issue and image group-parsing issue can cause denial of service through an infinite loop or excessive memory consumption, while other listed issues can lead to code execution.

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