# CVE-2026-53488: containerd CRI plugin: — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull

> CVE-2026-53488: containerd CRI plugin: — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-53488
Last updated: 2026-07-03T04:17:55Z

- Published: 2026-07-01 00:11 UTC · Updated: 2026-07-03 04:17 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.18%, 7th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-20

## Description

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.

## Affected vendors and products

- containerd: containerd

## Tracked companies

- [Google Cloud](https://rewindex.com/company/google-cloud.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53488)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53488)
- [https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-53488 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-53488.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-53488 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:13:37.185Z