CVE-2024-25621: containerd affected by a local privilege escalation via wide permissions on CRI directory
Affected: containerd · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 6% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- containerd · containerd< 1.7.29; >= 2.0.0-beta.0, < 2.0.7; >= 2.1.0-beta.0, < 2.1.5; >= 2.2.0-beta.0, < 2.2.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- containerd
- Published
- November 2025
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