CVE-2026-46680

high

Published 2026-05-21 · Modified 2026-05-21

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

containerd user ID handling bypass allows runAsNonRoot evasion

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/containerd/containerd	`>=1.7.27,<1.7.32`	`1.7.32`
Go	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2	`>=2.0.4,<2.0.9`	`2.0.9`
Go	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2	`>=2.1.0-beta.0,<2.2.4`	`2.2.4`
Go	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2	`>=2.3.0-beta.0,<2.3.1`	`2.3.1`
GO	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2	`>= 2.3.0-beta.0, < 2.3.1`	`2.3.1`
GO	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2	`>= 2.1.0-beta.0, < 2.2.4`	`2.2.4`
GO	github.com/containerd/containerd/v2	`>= 2.0.4, < 2.0.9`	`2.0.9`
GO	github.com/containerd/containerd	`>= 1.7.27, < 1.7.32`	`1.7.32`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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