High 7.3Published Nov 6, 2025

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

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 1:20 AM ET)

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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: 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-279
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Nov 6, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

containerd containerd containerd:containerd (from the name)	before 1.7.29; from 2.0.0-beta.0, < 2.0.7; from 2.1.0-beta.0, < 2.1.5; from 2.2.0-beta.0, < 2.2.0	CNA record
linuxfoundation containerd linuxfoundation:containerd	before 1.7.29; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.7; from 2.1.0 before 2.1.5; 2.2.0; 2.2.0; 2.2.0; 2.2.0; 2.2.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w	x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/7c59e8e9e970d38061a77b586b23655c352bfec5	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/rootless.md	x-refsource-misc, product

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