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CVE-2026-95838

containerd: Unpack DoS via repeated opaque whiteouts PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

containerd is an open-source container runtime. Prior to 1.7.35, 2.0.12, 2.2.8, and 2.3.5, containerd's layer unpack handler repeatedly traverses directories for certain opaque whiteout configurations. A malicious image layer can trigger repeated directory traversals while opaque whiteouts are processed. Pulling or importing the image can consume CPU, delay container startup, and reduce image-pull concurrency for unrelated deployments. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.35, 2.0.12, 2.2.8, and 2.3.5.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
containerd / containerdaffected < 1.7.35; affected >= 2.0.0-beta.0, < 2.0.12; affected >= 2.2.0, < 2.2.8; affected >= 2.3.0, < 2.3.5

CWE

CWE-400, CWE-407

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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