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CVE-2020-15157

containerd v1.2.x can be coerced into leaking credentials during image pull

Severity
Medium 6.1
Published
15 Oct 2020
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.2.14
Also known as
GHSA-742w-89gc-8m9c
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

Description

In containerd (an industry-standard container runtime) before version 1.2.14 there is a credential leaking vulnerability. If a container image manifest in the OCI Image format or Docker Image V2 Schema 2 format includes a URL for the location of a specific image layer (otherwise known as a “foreign layer”), the default containerd resolver will follow that URL to attempt to download it. In v1.2.x…

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
containerdServers and applications · cpe:a:linuxfoundation:containerd
  • Version 1.3.0
  • Version 1.3.0-rc3
  • Version 1.3.0-rc2
  • Version 1.3.0-rc1
All 9 release lines
  • From 1.2.0 before 1.2.14
  • Version 1.3.0-beta0
  • Version 1.3.0-beta1
  • Version 1.3.0-beta2
  • Version 1.3.0-rc0
  • Version 1.3.0-rc1
  • Version 1.3.0-rc2
  • Version 1.3.0-rc3
  • Version 1.3.0
containerdServers and applications · github:containerd/containerd
  • Every version before 1.2.14

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15157
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15157
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-742w-89gc-8m9c
  • github.com https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-742w-89gc-8m9c