7.5

CVE-2022-23648: Insecure handling of image volumes in containerd CRI plugin

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2022-0088SUSE-SU-2022:0719-1SUSE-SU-2022:0720-1
Published 03-03-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-23648 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in containerd. EPSS estimates a 27.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
27.39%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 7
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10022-1OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10094-1SUSE-SU-2022:1507-1SUSE-SU-2022:1689-1USN-5521-1CGA-9W43-PRW2-8W2J

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

containerd is a container runtime available as a daemon for Linux and Windows. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.1, 1.5.10, and 1.14.12 where containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation on Linux with a specially-crafted image configuration could gain access to read-only copies of arbitrary files and directories on the host. This may bypass any policy-based enforcement on container setup (including a Kubernetes Pod Security Policy) and expose potentially sensitive information. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd’s CRI implementation. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.1, 1.5.10, and 1.4.12. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue.

CVSS metrics

9 scores · 8 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

27.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 27.39% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse5 products
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0< 1.4.12-63.1
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 1.4.12-63.1
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 1.4.12-63.1
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12< 1.4.13-16.54.1
  • containerd&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3< 1.4.12-63.1
Opensuse3 products
  • containerd&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 1.4.12-63.1
  • containerd&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.4.13-1.1
  • trivy&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 0.26.0-1.1
Debian2 products
  • containerd< 1.4.13~ds1-1~deb11u1 | < 1.6.1~ds1-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Alpine1 product
  • containerd≥ 1.5.0, < 1.5.10-r0 | ≥ 1.5.0, < 1.6.1-r0
Chainguard1 product
  • ctop< 0.7.7-r13
Containerd1 product
  • containerd< 1.4.13 | ≥ 1.5.0, < 1.5.10 | ≥ 1.6.0, < 1.6.1
Fedoraproject1 product
Github.com/containerd1 product
  • containerd< 1.4.13 | ≥ 1.5.0, < 1.5.10 | ≥ 1.6.0, < 1.6.1
Linuxfoundation1 product
  • containerd< 1.4.13 | ≥ 1.5.0, < 1.5.10 | ≥ 1.6.0, < 1.6.1
Mageia1 product
  • docker-containerd< 1.5.10-1.mga8
Ubuntu1 product
  • containerd< 1.5.9-0ubuntu2 | < 1.5.5-0ubuntu3~18.04.2 | < 1.5.5-0ubuntu3~20.04.2 | < 1.5.9-0ubuntu1~20.04.4
Wolfi1 product
  • ctop< 0.7.7-r13

12 vendors · 19 products

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