{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-53488: containerd CRI plugin: — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-53488","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-07-01T00:11:20.610Z","current_release_date":"2026-07-01T00:11:20.610Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-07-01T00:11:20.610Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10 the CRI plugin propagates labels from an image config (LABEL instruction in Dockerfile) to a container without validation. This may result in executing an arbitrary command on the host, via a plugin that consumes container labels for some operations. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-53488 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-53488"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53488"},{"category":"external","summary":"https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp","url":"https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"containerd","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"containerd","branches":[{"category":"product_version","name":"< 1.7.33","product":{"name":"containerd containerd < 1.7.33","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:containerd:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":">= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10","product":{"name":"containerd containerd >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.10","product_id":"CSAFPID-2","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:containerd:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":">= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9","product":{"name":"containerd containerd >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.9","product_id":"CSAFPID-3","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:containerd:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":">= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5","product":{"name":"containerd containerd >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.5","product_id":"CSAFPID-4","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:containerd:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":">= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2","product":{"name":"containerd containerd >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.2","product_id":"CSAFPID-5","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:containerd:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-53488","title":"containerd CRI plugin: — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10 the CRI plugin propagates labels from an image config (LABEL instruction in Dockerfile) to a container without validation. This may result in executing an arbitrary command on the host, via a plugin that consumes container labels for some operations. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.33, 2.3.2, 2.2.5, 2.1.9, and 2.0.10.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3","CSAFPID-4","CSAFPID-5"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v4":{"version":"4.0","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","baseScore":9.4,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"products":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3","CSAFPID-4","CSAFPID-5"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"none_available","details":"No fixed version is published yet. Monitor the upstream advisory.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1","CSAFPID-2","CSAFPID-3","CSAFPID-4","CSAFPID-5"]}]}]}