{"id":"CVE-2026-53489","aliases":["GHSA-rgh6-rfwx-v388","GO-2026-5622"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53489","summary":"containerd: Arbitrary host CRI log file read via symlink following in CRI checkpoint restore","details":"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.","published":"2026-07-01T18:10:41.802Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.856634197Z","cvss":null,"epss":{"score":0.00186,"percentile":0.08549,"asOf":"2026-08-16"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","fixedVersion":"2.1.9"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","fixedVersion":"2.2.5"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2","fixedVersion":"2.3.2"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53489.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-rgh6-rfwx-v388"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53489"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:40.856634197Z"}}