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CVE-2023-25153

OCI image importer memory exhaustion

Severity
Medium 5.5
Published
16 Feb 2023
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.5.18, 1.6.18
Also known as
GHSA-259w-8hf6-59c2
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

Description

containerd is an open source container runtime. Before versions 1.6.18 and 1.5.18, when importing an OCI image, there was no limit on the number of bytes read for certain files. A maliciously crafted image with a large file where a limit was not applied could cause a denial of service. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.18 and 1.5.18. Users should update to these versions to resolve the…

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
containerdServers and applications · cpe:a:linuxfoundation:containerd
  • Every version before 1.5.18
  • From 1.6.0 before 1.6.18
containerdServers and applications · github:containerd/containerd
  • From 1.6.0 before 1.6.18

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25153
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25153
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-259w-8hf6-59c2
  • github.com https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-259w-8hf6-59c2