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CVE-2026-50195: containerd: CRI checkpoint import allows local image tag poisoning

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.30% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: containerd (Debian:14) 2.1.9+ds1-1; github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go) 2.1.9, 2.2.5, 2.3.2; trivy (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 0.71.2-160000.1.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to containerd (Debian:14) 2.1.9+ds1-1; github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go) 2.1.9, 2.2.5, 2.3.2; trivy (openSUSE:Leap 16.0) 0.71.2-160000.1.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions prior to 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9 contain a vulnerability in the CRI checkpoint import process 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. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9.

MediumCVSS 5.6 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 1, 2026
Updated
Jul 2, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 23th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · GitHub_M
5.6
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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

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linuxfoundation containerd2.1.0 and later · before 2.1.9
  • linuxfoundation containerd2.2.0 and later · before 2.2.5
  • linuxfoundation containerd2.3.0 and later · before 2.3.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • containerd containerd

    • >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9, >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5, >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:14containerdbefore 2.1.9+ds1-12.1.9+ds1-1
Gogithub.com/containerd/containerdfrom 0—
Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2from 2.1.0 · before 2.1.92.1.9
Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2from 2.2.0 · before 2.2.52.2.5
Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2from 2.3.0 · before 2.3.22.3.2
openSUSE:Leap 16.0trivybefore 0.71.2-160000.1.10.71.2-160000.1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedtrivybefore 0.71.2-1.10.71.2-1.1
Red Hat:hummingbird:1trivybefore 0:0.72.0-0.1.hum10:0.72.0-0.1.hum1

Same product

linuxfoundation: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-23648Insecure handling of image volumes in containerd CRI plugin
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2026-53488containerd CRI plugin: — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2021-43816Improper Preservation of Permissions in containerd
    37Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-46680Jul 1, 2026 · containerd user ID handling bypass allows runAsNonRoot evasion
    29Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-47262Jul 1, 2026 · containerd image-triggered runtime DoS via unbounded group parsing
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-53489Jul 1, 2026 · containerd: Arbitrary host CRI log file read via symlink following in CRI checkpoint restore
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:containerd2.1.9+ds1-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containerd/containerd/v22.1.9Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containerd/containerd/v22.2.5Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/containerd/containerd/v22.3.2Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:trivy0.71.2-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:trivy0:0.72.0-0.1.hum1 · Red Hat:hummingbird:1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-345 · Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

CVSS vector

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

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Attack context

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References

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