CVE-2021-43816

unknown
Published 2022-01-06 · Modified 2026-03-03
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

Unprivileged pod using `hostPath` can side-step active LSM when it is SELinux in github.com/containerd/containerd

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
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-2021-43816.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-43816

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.5.9~ds1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed1.5.9~ds1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.5.9~ds1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.5.9~ds1-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd>=1.5.0,<1.5.91.5.9

References

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