CVE-2025-47291 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Containerd Containerd V2
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 21
Latest updateMay 23
Description
containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in the containerd's CRI implementation where containerd, starting in version 2.0.1 and prior to version 2.0.5, doesn't put usernamespaced containers under the Kubernetes' cgroup hierarchy, therefore some Kubernetes limits are not honored. This may cause a denial of service of the Kubernetes node. This bug has been fixed in containerd 2.0.5+ and 2.1.0+. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. As a workaround, disa…
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
5OSV▶
Incorrect cgroup assignment for containers running in usernamespaced Kubernetes pods in github.com/containerd/containerd↗2025-05-23
OSV▶
containerd CRI plugin: Incorrect cgroup hierarchy assignment for containers running in usernamespaced Kubernetes pods.↗2025-05-21
GHSA▶
containerd CRI plugin: Incorrect cgroup hierarchy assignment for containers running in usernamespaced Kubernetes pods.↗2025-05-21
CVEList▶
containerd CRI plugin: Incorrect cgroup hierarchy assignment for containers running in usernamespaced Kubernetes pods.↗2025-05-21
📋Vendor Advisories
3Red Hat▶
containerd: containerd CRI plugin: Incorrect cgroup hierarchy assignment for containers running in usernamespaced Kubernetes pods.↗2025-05-21
Microsoft▶
containerd CRI plugin: Incorrect cgroup hierarchy assignment for containers running in usernamespaced Kubernetes pods.↗2025-05-13
Debian▶
CVE-2025-47291: containerd - containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in the container...↗2025