# Containerd vulnerabilities Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/containerd Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats Updated: 12 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour. Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/containerd.json License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 11 vulnerabilities in Containerd: 0 in the last 7 days and 5 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-95838, was published on 12 October 2026. 2 vulnerabilities in the last four weeks, level on the four before (2). ## Counts - Last 7 days: 0 - Last 30 days: 0 - Last 90 days: 5 - All time: 11 (0 critical, 0 exploited in the wild) ## About Containerd An industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness, and portability. ## Latest Containerd vulnerabilities - [CVE-2026-95838: containerd layer unpack denial of service via opaque whiteouts](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-95838-containerd-unpack-dos-via-repeated-opaque-whiteouts) (medium, CVSS 4, published 12 Oct 2026) - [CVE-2026-95837: containerd CRI plugin checkpoint restore privilege bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-95837-containerd-cri-plugin-checkpoint-restore-bypasses-destination) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 12 Oct 2026) - [CVE-2026-53493: Containerd image-pull denial of service via OCI index graph amplification](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53493-containerd-image-pull-denial-of-service-via-oci-index-graph) (medium, CVSS 4, published 25 Sep 2026) - [CVE-2026-53495: containerd CRI ExecSync goroutine leak denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53495-containerd-cri-execsync-goroutine-leak-denial-of-service) (medium, CVSS 4, published 14 Sep 2026) - [containerd CRI security context bypass in checkpoint restore](https://junglewise.ai/threats/containerd-cri-security-context-bypass-in-checkpoint-restore-d7cf36e0) (info, published 9 Sep 2026) - [CVE-2026-53492: containerd CDI annotation smuggling during CRI checkpoint restore](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53492-containerd-cdi-annotation-smuggling-during-cri-checkpoint-restore) (high, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-53489: containerd arbitrary host file read via symlink in CRI checkpoint restore](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53489-containerd-arbitrary-host-file-read-via-symlink-in-cri-checkpoint) (high, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-50195: containerd image tag poisoning in CRI checkpoint import](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-50195-containerd-image-tag-poisoning-in-cri-checkpoint-import) (high, CVSS 3.1, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-47262: containerd Denial of Service via unbounded group parsing in images](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-47262-containerd-denial-of-service-via-unbounded-group-parsing-in) (medium, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-46680: containerd privilege escalation via numeric User directive parsing error](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-46680-containerd-privilege-escalation-via-numeric-user-directive) (high, CVSS 3.1, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-53488: containerd command execution via unvalidated CRI image labels](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53488-containerd-command-execution-via-unvalidated-cri-image-labels) (high, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) ## Most severe Containerd vulnerabilities - [CVE-2026-95837: containerd CRI plugin checkpoint restore privilege bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-95837-containerd-cri-plugin-checkpoint-restore-bypasses-destination) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 12 Oct 2026) - [CVE-2026-53492: containerd CDI annotation smuggling during CRI checkpoint restore](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53492-containerd-cdi-annotation-smuggling-during-cri-checkpoint-restore) (high, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-53489: containerd arbitrary host file read via symlink in CRI checkpoint restore](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53489-containerd-arbitrary-host-file-read-via-symlink-in-cri-checkpoint) (high, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-53488: containerd command execution via unvalidated CRI image labels](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53488-containerd-command-execution-via-unvalidated-cri-image-labels) (high, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-50195: containerd image tag poisoning in CRI checkpoint import](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-50195-containerd-image-tag-poisoning-in-cri-checkpoint-import) (high, CVSS 3.1, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-46680: containerd privilege escalation via numeric User directive parsing error](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-46680-containerd-privilege-escalation-via-numeric-user-directive) (high, CVSS 3.1, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-53493: Containerd image-pull denial of service via OCI index graph amplification](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53493-containerd-image-pull-denial-of-service-via-oci-index-graph) (medium, CVSS 4, published 25 Sep 2026) - [CVE-2026-47262: containerd Denial of Service via unbounded group parsing in images](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-47262-containerd-denial-of-service-via-unbounded-group-parsing-in) (medium, CVSS 4, published 1 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2026-95838: containerd layer unpack denial of service via opaque whiteouts](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-95838-containerd-unpack-dos-via-repeated-opaque-whiteouts) (medium, CVSS 4, published 12 Oct 2026) - [CVE-2026-53495: containerd CRI ExecSync goroutine leak denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-53495-containerd-cri-execsync-goroutine-leak-denial-of-service) (medium, CVSS 4, published 14 Sep 2026) ## Vulnerabilities per week 2 vulnerabilities in the last four weeks, level on the four before (2). | Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 7 Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 14 Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 21 Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 12 Oct 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ## Sources NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Containerd vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/containerd, 12 November 2026.