# CVE-2025-47290: GO-2025-3699 - Allows host filesystem access on pull in github.com/containerd/containerd

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-47290-containerd-allows-host-filesystem-access-on-pull  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-05-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-47290 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-05-23

Allows host filesystem access on pull in github.com/containerd/containerd

Technologies: [github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-containerd-containerd-v2). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-47290 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-47290 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-47290?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 23 May 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=2.1.0,fixed=2.1.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-47290?** Yes. github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.1.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-47290?** Check whether you run 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/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.1.1 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/containerd/containerd/v2@v2.1.1
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/containerd/containerd/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=2.1.0,fixed=2.1.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-47290
- GHSA-cm76-qm8v-3j95
- GO-2025-3699

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