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NVD description
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.
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CVE-2026-95838 containerd layer unpack handler directory traversal. A malicious image layer with crafted opaque whiteout configurations can trigger repeated directory traversals during unpack, consuming CPU, delaying container startup, and reducing image-pull concurrency. Fixed in 1.7.35, 2.0.12, 2.2.8, and 2.3.5. CWE-22 Path Traversal. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95838 #CVE #containerd #PathTraversal #ContainerSecurity