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CVE

CVE-2026-50195

containerd: CRI checkpoint import allows local image tag poisoning
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CVE

CVE-2026-50195

containerd: CRI checkpoint import allows local image tag poisoning

Impact

containerd's CRI checkpoint import process contains a vulnerability where it fails to validate the image references specified within a checkpoint image's configuration. An attacker with permissions to create pods can use a crafted checkpoint image to force containerd to pull a malicious image and assign it an arbitrary local tag, thereby poisoning the node's local image cache. Subsequently, if other pods on the same node attempt to use the poisoned tag with an IfNotPresent (or Never) pull policy, they will unknowingly execute the attacker's malicious image instead of the legitimate one. This can lead to a compromise of the affected pods, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code under the victim pod's identity.

Patches

This bug has been fixed in the following containerd versions:

  • 2.3.2
  • 2.2.5
  • 2.1.9

Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue.

Workarounds

Users should only allow trusted images to be pulled.

Credits

The containerd project would like to thank Henry Beberman (@hbeberman) of Microsoft, the GKE Security Team using Gemini, Anthropic Research, in collaboration with Claude, and Robert Prast (@robertprast) who independently discovered and responsibly disclosed this issue in accordance with the containerd security policy.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
5.6
-
4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-cvxm-645q-p574, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50195, https://github.com/containerd/containerd

Severity

9.9

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.9
EPSS Probability
0.00354%
EPSS Percentile
0.27828%
Introduced Version
2.1.0,2.2.0,2.3.0,0
Fix Available
2.1.9,2.2.5,2.3.2,1.105.0-r0,7.17.29-r18,7.17.29-r20,0.31.0-r2,0.31.0-r1,0.2.295-r2,0.2.289-r1,2.8.3-r3,2.8.3-r2,0.16.5-r15,8.17.10-r27,8.19.16-r2,9.0.8-r28,9.1.10-r20,9.2.8-r8,9.3.5-r2,9.4.2-r2,8.17.10-r32,8.19.16-r1,9.0.8-r31,9.1.10-r24,9.2.8-r7,9.4.2-r4,0.6.4-r8,0.6.4-r7,1.1.18-r40,1.3.9-r47,1.4.10-r32,1.5.9-r30,1.6.10-r24,1.7.13-r14,1.9.9-r0,2.0.1-r2,1.3.9-r43,1.4.10-r31,1.5.9-r32,1.6.10-r25,1.7.13-r17,1.9.9-r1,1.7.33-r1,2.3.3-r4,2.3.3-r1,0.7.7-r38,0.20.8-r9,7.71.2-r27,7.72.4-r30,7.73.3-r19,7.74.1-r21,7.75.4-r9,7.76.3-r28,7.77.3-r18,7.78.4-r12,7.79.2-r8,7.71.2-r20,7.72.4-r22,7.73.3-r23,7.74.1-r22,7.76.3-r27,7.77.3-r20,7.78.4-r10,7.79.2-r3,29.6.0-r1,0.35.0-r1,5.1.4-r6,5.1.4-r5,29.5.2-r4,0.229.0-r1,1.8.2-r0,2.1.7-r17,3.20.1-r12,3.21.1-r14,18.1.6-r13,18.10.8-r2,18.11.6-r3,18.5.7-r1,18.6.8-r2,18.7.7-r2,18.8.11-r1,18.9.8-r3,19.0.3-r3,19.1.1-r4,18.1.6-r16,18.10.8-r3,18.11.6-r2,18.9.8-r1,19.0.3-r2,19.1.1-r2,20251028.00-r24,0.114.0-r1,0.54.0-r1,1.8.1-r1,1.8.1-r0,0.43.0-r3,0.43.0-r4,3.21.2-r2,1.3.0-r13,1.3.0-r14,0.6.1-r21,1.42.3-r0,1.42.3-r2,0.11.1-r16,0.3.0-r21,1.6.0-r2,2.112.0-r0,1.36.2.1-r1,1.34.9.1-r1,1.35.6.1-r1,0.4.35-r0,0.51.0-r1,1.25.15-r9,1.25.15-r7,1.10.8-r1,2.3.5-r3,2.3.5-r1,1.130.6-r0,1.3.4-r9,1.4.3-r14,1.3.4-r8,1.4.3-r8,11.0.7-r4,11.0.7-r6,4.0.9-r1,0.2.151-r4,0.2.151-r6,4.0.9-r2,1.10.9-r0,26.6.3-r2,26.6.3-r4,2.16.4-r5,2.2.2-r4,5.5.3-r1,4.199-r1,1.77.1-r0,1.77.1-r1,1.15.4-r2,2.10.12-r1,2.11.15-r0,2.12.11-r1,2.13.7-r0,2.14.3-r1,2.12.11-r0,2.14.3-r0,2.9.12-r15,3.20.0-r15,26.1.7-r0,25.1.4-r7,25.2.6-r2,25.3.7-r3,5.5.0-r10,2.23.0-r0,0.7.2-r2,0.7.2-r1,2.4.4-r7,1.45.1-r1,1.45.1-r2,0.68.1-r22,0.68.1-r24,17.7.26-r1,18.9.2-r1,18.6.8-r30,1.40.13-r1,1.41.1-r16,1.41.1-r13,1.42.3-r1,0.70.0-r7,0.70.0-r1,0.30.1-r16,0.30.1-r13,0.0.50-r0,0.39.18-r2,0.10.8-r47,0.10.8-r46,0.79.0-r1,0.79.0-r2,2.1.17-r7

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