CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-40635

7.8 HIGH Published 2025-03-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-03-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-190

Description

containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.0.4 where containers launched with a User set as a `UID:GID` larger than the maximum 32-bit signed integer can cause an overflow condition where the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0). This could cause unexpected behavior for environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.04. As a workaround, ensure that only trusted images are used and that only trusted users have permissions to import images.

Affected configurations

• linuxfoundation containerd (< 1.6.38) • linuxfoundation containerd (>= 1.7.0 < 1.7.27) • linuxfoundation containerd (>= 2.0.0 < 2.0.4) • debian debian linux 11.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References