containerd CRI plugin: Host memory exhaustion through ExecSync
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.5epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 69% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in the containerd's CRI implementation where programs inside a container can cause the containerd daemon to consume memory without bound during invocation of the `ExecSync` API. This can cause containerd to consume all available memory on the computer, denying service to other legitimate workloads. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd's CRI implementation; `ExecSync` may be used when running probes or when executing processes via an "exec" facility. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.6 and 1.5.13. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that only trusted images and commands are used.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
containerd · containerdReferences
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/c1bcabb4541930f643aa36a2b38655e131346382https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-5ffw-gxpp-mxpfhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/REOZCUAPCA7NFDWYBDYX6EYXWLHABKBO/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSIGDBHAB3I75JBJNGWEPBTJPS2FOVHD/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-31https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5162http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/07/1