Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-53489
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 10.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-53489
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:2.3.1