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CVE-2024-25621

Local privilege escalation via wide permissions on several directories

Severity
High 7.8
Published
6 Nov 2025
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
1.7.29, 2.0.7, 2.1.5
Also known as
GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

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…

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
containerdServers and applications · cpe:a:linuxfoundation:containerd
  • Version 2.2.0-rc1
  • Version 2.2.0-rc0
  • Version 2.2.0-beta2
  • Version 2.2.0-beta1
All 8 release lines
  • Every version before 1.7.29
  • From 2.0.0 before 2.0.7
  • From 2.1.0 before 2.1.5
  • Version 2.2.0-beta0
  • Version 2.2.0-beta1
  • Version 2.2.0-beta2
  • Version 2.2.0-rc0
  • Version 2.2.0-rc1
containerdServers and applications · github:containerd/containerd
  • Every version before 1.7.29

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25621
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25621
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w
  • github.com https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w