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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| 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. | |
| Title | containerd: Unpack DoS via repeated opaque whiteouts | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-400 CWE-407 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-12T19:53:24.599Z
Reserved: 2026-09-22T16:39:45.793Z
Link: CVE-2026-95838
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-12T20:17:10.577
Modified: 2026-10-12T20:17:10.577
Link: CVE-2026-95838
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Updated: 2026-10-12T22:00:18Z