CVE-2026-95838

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/e6ca378dcfa610d06589a3ac96aa992de866e4f0
https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-rp3h-jf77-q9p4

Configurations

No configuration.

History

12 Oct 2026, 20:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-12 20:17

Updated : 2026-10-16 16:00

NVD link : CVE-2026-95838

Mitre link : CVE-2026-95838

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-95838

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

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