CVE-2026-53489 — containerd: Arbitrary host CRI log file read via symlink following in CRI checkpoint restore
containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions prior to 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9 contain a bug where the CRI plugin restores container.log from a checkpoint image withou…
Published: 2026-07-01 · CVSS: 8.2 · CVSS 4.0
containerd is an open-source container runtime. Versions prior to 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9 contain a bug where the CRI plugin restores container.log from a checkpoint image without validating a symlinked path. This could result in reading an arbitrary file on the host via kubectl logs. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2, 2.2.5 and 2.1.9.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7