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containerd — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31030

containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in the containerd's CRI implementation where programs inside a container can cause the containerd daemon to consume memory without bound during invocation of the `ExecSync` API. This can cause containerd to consume all available memory on the computer, denying service to other legitimate workloads. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd's CRI implementation; `ExecSync` may be used when running probes or when executing processes via an "exec" facility. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.6 and 1.5.13. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that only trusted images and commands are used.

Products
containerd
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.6.6~ds1-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-31030
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31030

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Jun 2022, 14:15 UTC

containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in the containerd's CRI implementation where programs inside a container can cause the containerd daemon to consume memory without bound during invocation of the `ExecSync` API. This can cause containerd to consume all available memory on the computer, denying service to other legitimate workloads. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd's CRI implementation; `ExecSync` may be used when running probes or when executing processes via an "exec" facility. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.6 and 1.5.13. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that only trusted images and commands are used.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-31030

containerd

Fixed versions: 1.6.6~ds1-1

containerd

Fixed versions: 1.6.6~ds1-1

containerd

Fixed versions: 1.6.6~ds1-1

Complete source record
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