CVE-2026-46680

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46680
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-46680.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-46680
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-07-01T17:40:25.499Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:13:39.069056232Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
containerd user ID handling bypass allows runAsNonRoot evasion
Details

containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1, containers launched with a numeric User directive that cannot be parsed as a 32-bit integer are incorrectly treated as a username, leading to runAsNonRoot evasion. If a crafted image provides an /etc/passwd file mapping this large numeric string to root, the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0). This allows the Kubernetes runAsNonRoot restriction to be bypassed, causing unexpected behavior for environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-269"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46680.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/containerd/containerd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/containerd/containerd
Events
Database specific
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.7.27"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.7.32"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.0.4"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.0.9"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.1.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.2.4"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.3.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.3.1"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:containerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

api/v1.*
api/v1.10.0
api/v1.10.0-beta.0
api/v1.10.0-beta.1
api/v1.10.0-rc.0
api/v1.11.1
v1.*
v1.7.27
v1.7.28
v1.7.29
v1.7.30
v1.7.31
v2.*
v2.0.4
v2.0.5
v2.0.6
v2.0.7
v2.0.8
v2.1.0
v2.2.0
v2.2.0-beta.0
v2.2.0-beta.1
v2.2.0-beta.2
v2.2.0-rc.0
v2.2.0-rc.1
v2.2.1
v2.2.2
v2.2.3
v2.3.0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-46680.json"