CVE-2025-47291

HIGH

containerd 2.0.1-2.0.4 - Denial of Service via Incorrect Cgroup Hierarchy Assignment

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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, disable usernamespaced pods in Kubernetes temporarily.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 50.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-266
Status published
Products (2)
containerd/containerd 2.0.1 - 2.0.5Go
linuxfoundation/containerd 2.0.1 - 2.0.5
Published May 21, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026