High
Cri-o: arbitrary command injection via pod annotation
Type: advisorySources: OSV
A flaw was found in cri-o, where an arbitrary systemd property can be injected via a Pod annotation. Any user who can create a pod with an arbitrary annotation may perform an arbitrary action on the host system.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-3154
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 01:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Cri-o: arbitrary command injection via pod annotation
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 26 Apr 2024, 03:12 UTC
A flaw was found in cri-o, where an arbitrary systemd property can be injected via a Pod annotation. Any user who can create a pod with an arbitrary annotation may perform an arbitrary action on the host system.
osv:CVE-2024-3154
Complete source record
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