CVE-2021-21334

Aliases:GHSA-6g2q-w5j3-fwh4
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 10 Mar 2021, 21:30
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 18:09

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.3 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.4% LOW
0% probability +0.04%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Mar 2021, 21:30
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 18:09
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In containerd (an industry-standard container runtime) before versions 1.3.10 and 1.4.4, containers launched through containerd's CRI implementation (through Kubernetes, crictl, or any other pod/container client that uses the containerd CRI service) that share the same image may receive incorrect environment variables, including values that are defined for other containers. If the affected containers have different security contexts, this may allow sensitive information to be unintentionally shared. If you are not using containerd's CRI implementation (through one of the mechanisms described above), you are not vulnerable to this issue. If you are not launching multiple containers or Kubernetes pods from the same image which have different environment variables, you are not vulnerable to this issue. If you are not launching multiple containers or Kubernetes pods from the same image in rapid succession, you have reduced likelihood of being vulnerable to this issue This vulnerability has been fixed in containerd 1.3.10 and containerd 1.4.4. Users should update to these versions.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.40%• Percentile: 61%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-668•Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

    The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

Affected Systems

  • containerd•containerd

    < 1.3.10 | ≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.4

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    33 | 34

  • github.com/containerd•containerd

    ≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.4 | < 1.3.10

  • linuxfoundation•containerd

    < 1.3.10 | ≥ 1.4.0, < 1.4.4

References (16)