CVE-2024-25621: containerd affected by a local privilege escalation via wide permissions on CRI directory

Analyzed

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-25621DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25621DSA-6067-1+538 more

Published 06-11-2025Last modified 06-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-25621 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions vulnerability in containerd. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

7.8/10

010

High · v3.1 (NVD)

EPSS score

0.17%

0%100%

Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

06-11-2025
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-11-2025
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions 0.1.0 through 1.7.28, 2.0.0-beta.0 through 2.0.6, 2.1.0-beta.0 through 2.1.4 and 2.2.0-beta.0 through 2.2.0-rc.1 have an overly broad default permission vulnerability. Directory paths `/var/lib/containerd`, `/run/containerd/io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri` and `/run/containerd/io.containerd.sandbox.controller.v1.shim` were all created with incorrect permissions. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5 and 2.2.0. Workarounds include updating system administrator permissions so the host can manually chmod the directories to not have group or world accessible permissions, or to run containerd in rootless mode.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

v3.17.8

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.16% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-279Incorrect Execution-Assigned PermissionsWhile it is executing, the product sets the permissions of an object in a way that violates the intended permissions that have been specified by the user.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard200 products

amazon-ecs-agent-fips< 1.100.1-r2
apm-server-7.17< 7.17.29-r5
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k3s-1.31All versions (No fix recorded)
k3s-1.32All versions (No fix recorded)
k3s-1.33All versions (No fix recorded)
k3s-multicall< 1.34.1.1-r3
k3s-multicall-1.32All versions (No fix recorded)
k3s-multicall-1.33All versions (No fix recorded)
k3s-static< 1.34.1.1-r3
k3s-static-1.31All versions (No fix recorded)
k3s-static-1.32All versions (No fix recorded)
k3s-static-1.33All versions (No fix recorded)
k8sgpt< 0.4.26-r1
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neuvector-scanner-task-fips< 3.974-r1
neuvector-upgrader< 5.4.7-r1
newrelic-infrastructure-agent< 1.71.0-r1
newrelic-infrastructure-agent-fips< 1.71.0-r2

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References

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github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8wX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTAdvisoryWEBPatchVendor Advisory
github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/7c59e8e9e970d38061a77b586b23655c352bfec5X Refsource MISCREPORTFIXWEBPatch
github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/rootless.mdX Refsource MISCREPORTWEBProduct
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25621REPORT
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25621REPORT
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7983-1Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25621Advisory
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25621.jsonAdvisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25621AdvisoryOval
github.com/containerd/containerdPACKAGE