# CRI-O vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/cri-o  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 9 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/cri-o.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 5 vulnerabilities in CRI-O: 0 in the last 7 days and 4 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-76061, was published on 6 October 2026. Nothing in the last four weeks, down from 3 vulnerabilities in the four before.

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 0
- Last 30 days: 0
- Last 90 days: 4
- All time: 5 (0 critical, 0 exploited in the wild)

## About CRI-O

CRI-O is an open-source implementation of the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) to enable using OCI compatible runtimes.

## Latest CRI-O vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-76061: CRI-O bind_mount_prefix symlink privilege escalation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-76061-a-flaw-was-found-in-cri-o-s-bind-mount-prefix-handling-when) (medium, CVSS 5.5, published 6 Oct 2026)
- [CVE-2026-62146: CRI-O sandbox state poisoning via pod annotations](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-62146-a-trust-boundary-flaw-in-cri-o-s-sandbox-state-persistence-allows) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 30 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-92574: CRI-O checkpoint restore security context bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-92574-a-vulnerability-in-cri-o-checkpoint-restore-allows-a-user-who-can) (high, CVSS 8.8, published 21 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-17113: CRI-O environment-variable handling denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-17113-cri-o-environment-variable-handling-denial-of-service) (medium, CVSS 6, published 24 Aug 2026)
- [CVE-2026-15809: CRI-O /etc/passwd injection via HOME environment variable bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-15809-cri-o-etc-passwd-injection-via-home-environment-variable-bypass) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 15 Jul 2026)

## Most severe CRI-O vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-92574: CRI-O checkpoint restore security context bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-92574-a-vulnerability-in-cri-o-checkpoint-restore-allows-a-user-who-can) (high, CVSS 8.8, published 21 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-62146: CRI-O sandbox state poisoning via pod annotations](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-62146-a-trust-boundary-flaw-in-cri-o-s-sandbox-state-persistence-allows) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 30 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-15809: CRI-O /etc/passwd injection via HOME environment variable bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-15809-cri-o-etc-passwd-injection-via-home-environment-variable-bypass) (high, CVSS 7.8, published 15 Jul 2026)
- [CVE-2026-17113: CRI-O environment-variable handling denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-17113-cri-o-environment-variable-handling-denial-of-service) (medium, CVSS 6, published 24 Aug 2026)
- [CVE-2026-76061: CRI-O bind_mount_prefix symlink privilege escalation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-76061-a-flaw-was-found-in-cri-o-s-bind-mount-prefix-handling-when) (medium, CVSS 5.5, published 6 Oct 2026)

## Vulnerabilities per week

Nothing in the last four weeks, down from 3 vulnerabilities in the four before.

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 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, "CRI-O vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/cri-o, 9 November 2026.