CVE-2021-41103

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Published 2021-10-04 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Insufficiently restricted permissions on plugin directories in github.com/containerd/containerd

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41103.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41103

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.5.7-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.5.7~ds1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.5~ds1-2+deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed1.5.7~ds1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.5.7~ds1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.5.7~ds1-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd<1.4.111.4.11
golang Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd>=1.5.0,<1.5.71.5.7

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.