9.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
76.0%
Containers launched through containerd’s CRI implementation on Linux systems which use the SELinux security module and containerd versions since v1.5.0 can cause arbitrary files and directories on the host to be relabeled to match the container process label through the use of specially-configured bind mounts in a hostPath volume. This relabeling elevates permissions for the container, granting full read/write access over the affected files and directories. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd’s CRI implementation.
If you are not using containerd’s CRI implementation (through one of the mechanisms described above), you are not affected by this issue.
This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.5.9. Because file labels persist independently of containerd, users should both update to these versions as soon as they are released and validate that all files on their host are correctly labeled.
Ensure that no sensitive files or directories are used as a hostPath volume source location. Policy enforcement mechanisms such a Kubernetes Pod Security Policy AllowedHostPaths may be specified to limit the files and directories that can be bind-mounted to containers.
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
github.com/containerd/containerd | lt | 1.5.9 |
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mvff-h3cj-wj9c
github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/a731039238c62be081eb8c31525b988415745eea
github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/6194
github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-mvff-h3cj-wj9c
github.com/dweomer/containerd/commit/f7f08f0e34fb97392b0d382e58916d6865100299
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GD5GH7NMK5VJMA2Y5CYB5O5GTPYMWMLX/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MPDIZMI7ZPERSZE2XO265UCK5IWM7CID/
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43816
9.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
76.0%