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github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.29

v1.7.29 is affected by 36 vulnerabilities.

The vulnerabilities that cover this exact version are listed below with the fixed version to move to. The upgrade Vulert recommends: v1.7.36.

Critical 0 High 2 Medium 10 Low 2 Unrated 22

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Released 05 Nov 2025 Licence Apache-2.0 Also known from other sources 16 Newer releases 300 Database updated 23/Oct/2026

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01 Vulnerabilities affecting this version

github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.29 vulnerabilities

36 vulnerabilities cover github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.29. Scroll the table for all of them, or open the full list in the database.

Vulnerability Severity Fixed version Disclosed
CVE-2022-23648: Insecure handling of image volumes in containerd 7.5 high 1.4.13 02 Mar 2022
CVE-2024-25621: containerd Local Privilege Escalation Due to Insecure Directory Permissions 7.3 high 1.7.29 06 Nov 2025
CVE-2025-64329: Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability in containerd CRI Server Due to Goroutine Leak 6.9 medium 1.7.29 06 Nov 2025
CVE-2020-15157: containerd v1.2.x Image Pull Credential Leakage 6.1 medium 1.2.14 11 Feb 2022
CVE-2021-41103: Insufficiently Restricted Permissions on Plugin Directories in containerd 5.9 medium 1.4.11 04 Oct 2021
CVE-2022-23471: containerd CRI stream server vulnerable to host memory exhaustion via terminal 5.7 medium 1.5.16 07 Dec 2022
CVE-2023-25153: Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability in github.com/containerd/containerd 5.5 medium 1.5.18 16 Feb 2023
CVE-2022-31030: containerd CRI plugin: Host memory exhaustion through ExecSync 5.5 medium 1.5.13 06 Jun 2022
CVE-2023-25173: Vulnerability in github.com/containerd/containerd 5.3 medium 1.5.18 16 Feb 2023
CVE-2020-15257: containerd-shim API Exposed to Host Network Containers 5.2 medium 1.3.9 24 May 2021
CVE-2021-32760: Archive package allows chmod of file outside of unpack target directory in github.com/containerd/containerd 5.0 medium 1.4.8 26 Jul 2021
Ambiguous OCI manifest parsing in github.com/containerd/containerd 3.0 low 1.4.12 18 Nov 2021
CVE-2026-95838: containerd Unpack DoS via Repeated Opaque Whiteouts N/A unrated 1.7.35 19 Oct 2026
CVE-2026-95837: Vulnerability in containerd CRI Plugin Bypasses Destination Security Context N/A unrated No fix published 19 Oct 2026
CVE-2026-53493: Containerd Image-Pull DoS via Crafted OCI Index Graph Amplification N/A unrated 1.7.36 01 Oct 2026
CVE-2026-53495: containerd CRI ExecSync Goroutine Leak Leading to Node-Level Denial of Service N/A unrated 1.7.35 16 Sep 2026
CVE-2026-53489: Arbitrary Host CRI Log File Read in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated No fix published 25 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-50195: Containerd Local Image Tag Poisoning Vulnerability N/A unrated No fix published 25 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-53492: Vulnerability in github.com/containerd/containerd - CDI Annotation Smuggling N/A unrated No fix published 22 Jun 2026
CVE-2025-64329: Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability in containerd CRI Server N/A unrated 1.7.29 17 Nov 2025
CVE-2024-25621: Local Privilege Escalation in containerd Due to Wide Permissions on CRI Directory N/A unrated 1.7.29 17 Nov 2025
Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Containerd Package N/A unrated 1.6.38 18 Mar 2025
CVE-2022-23471: containerd CRI stream server vulnerable to host memory exhaustion N/A unrated 1.5.16 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2021-41103: Insufficiently restricted permissions on plugin directories in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.4.11 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2021-32760: Archive package allows chmod of file outside of unpack target directory in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.4.8 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2020-15157: containerd v1.2.x Image Pull Credentials Leakage N/A unrated 1.2.14 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2020-15257: containerd-shim API Exposed to Host Network Containers in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.3.9 21 Aug 2024
Host Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability in containerd CRI plugin N/A unrated 1.5.13 21 Aug 2024
Ambiguous OCI manifest parsing in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.4.12 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2022-23648: Insecure handling of image volumes in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.4.13 21 Aug 2024
Inheritable Linux Process Capabilities in containerd N/A unrated 1.5.11 04 Jun 2024
Inheritable Linux Process Capabilities in containerd N/A low 1.5.11 14 May 2024
RAPL Accessibility in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.6.26 02 Jan 2024
Vulnerability in containerd: RAPL Accessible to Containers N/A medium 1.6.26 19 Dec 2023
CVE-2023-25173: Privilege escalation via supplementary groups in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.5.18 17 Feb 2023
CVE-2023-25153: Memory exhaustion via OCI image importer in github.com/containerd/containerd N/A unrated 1.5.18 17 Feb 2023

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About github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.29

Is github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.29 vulnerable?

Yes. 36 vulnerabilities in the Vulert database cover github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.29: 0 critical, 2 high, 10 medium and 2 low, plus 22 not yet rated. The upgrade Vulert recommends is v1.7.36, and each entry above names the fixed version to move to.

Which version of github.com/containerd/containerd should I use instead of v1.7.29?

v1.7.36 is the version Vulert recommends for this release line. The version table on the package page lists every release with the vulnerabilities recorded against it.

Is v1.7.29 the latest release of github.com/containerd/containerd?

No. v1.7.29 was published 05 Nov 2025, and newer releases exist. Newer is not automatically safer — the version table on the package page shows what each release carries.

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