CVE-2024-25621: containerd affected by a local privilege escalation via wide permissions on CRI directory

CVE-2024-25621 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-11-17

containerd affected by a local privilege escalation via wide permissions on CRI directory in github.com/containerd/containerd

Technologies: github.com/containerd/containerd (Go), github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-25621 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-25621 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2024-25621?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 17 November 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
github.com/containerd/containerd (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.7.29; github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.7, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.7,introduced=2.1.0-beta.0,fixed=2.1.5,introduced=2.2.0-beta.0,fixed=2.2.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2024-25621?
Yes. github.com/containerd/containerd (Go): upgrade to 1.7.29 or later; github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.0.7, 2.2.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2024-25621?
Check whether you run github.com/containerd/containerd (Go) or github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • github.com/containerd/containerd (Go): upgrade to 1.7.29 or later
    go get github.com/containerd/containerd@v1.7.29
  • github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.0.7, 2.2.0 or later
    go get github.com/containerd/containerd/v2@v2.2.0

Affected products

  • github.com/containerd/containerd (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.7.29
  • github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.7, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.0.7,introduced=2.1.0-beta.0,fixed=2.1.5,introduced=2.2.0-beta.0,fixed=2.2.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2024-25621
  • GHSA-pwhc-rpq9-4c8w
  • GO-2025-4100

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