========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8473-1 June 25, 2026
containerd-stable vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - Ubuntu 25.10 Summary: Several security issues were fixed in containerd. Software Description: - containerd-stable: open and reliable container runtime Details: It was discovered that containerd incorrectly handled HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause containerd to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-33814) Jakub Ciolek and Kyle Elliott discovered that containerd incorrectly handled group parsing when creating containers from images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause containerd to consume excessive memory, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-47262) Henry Beberman and Robert Prast discovered that containerd incorrectly validated image references when importing container checkpoints. An attacker could possibly use this issue to poison the local image cache and execute arbitrary code in other pods. (CVE-2026-50195) Robert Prast discovered that containerd incorrectly propagated labels from image configurations to containers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on the host. (CVE-2026-53488) Yuming Zhang, Song Li, Sangwon Ryu, Henry Beberman, Robert Prast, Kyle Elliott and Zhenchen Wang discovered that containerd incorrectly validated symlinked paths when restoring container checkpoints. An attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files on the host, resulting in information disclosure. (CVE-2026-53489) Robert Prast discovered that containerd incorrectly trusted device interface annotations when restoring container checkpoints. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass resource allocation restrictions and inject devices or host mounts into a container. (CVE-2026-53492) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS containerd-stable 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 25.10 containerd-stable 2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2 After a standard system update you need to restart containerd to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8473-1 CVE-2026-33814, CVE-2026-47262, CVE-2026-50195, CVE-2026-53488, CVE-2026-53489, CVE-2026-53492 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/containerd-stable/2.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/containerd-stable/2.1.6-0ubuntu1~25.10.2
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