CVE-2026-46680

high
Published 2026-05-21 · Modified 2026-05-21
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

containerd user ID handling bypass allows runAsNonRoot evasion

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd>=1.7.27,<1.7.321.7.32
golang Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2>=2.0.4,<2.0.92.0.9
golang Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2>=2.1.0-beta.0,<2.2.42.2.4
golang Gogithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2>=2.3.0-beta.0,<2.3.12.3.1
golang GOgithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2>= 2.3.0-beta.0, < 2.3.12.3.1
golang GOgithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2>= 2.1.0-beta.0, < 2.2.42.2.4
golang GOgithub.com/containerd/containerd/v2>= 2.0.4, < 2.0.92.0.9
golang GOgithub.com/containerd/containerd>= 1.7.27, < 1.7.321.7.32

References

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