Upstream information

CVE-2024-40635 at MITRE

Description

containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd prior to versions 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.0.4 where containers launched with a User set as a `UID:GID` larger than the maximum 32-bit signed integer can cause an overflow condition where the container ultimately runs as root (UID 0). This could cause unexpected behavior for environments that require containers to run as a non-root user. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.38, 1.7.27, and 2.04. As a workaround, ensure that only trusted images are used and that only trusted users have permissions to import images.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (GitHub) SUSE
Base Score 4.6 4.6
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required High High
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1239749 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20250318T181448-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-14910


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud containerd Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS containerd Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun containerd Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure containerd Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 containerd Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE containerd Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC containerd Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 containerd Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS containerd Affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure containerd Affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 containerd Affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE containerd Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun containerd Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure containerd Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 containerd Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE containerd Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun containerd Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure containerd Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 containerd Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE containerd Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud containerd Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS containerd Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun containerd Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure containerd Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 containerd Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE containerd Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud containerd Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun containerd Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure containerd Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 containerd Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE containerd Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP4 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 containerd Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 containerd Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 containerd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 containerd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 containerd Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP2 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP2 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 containerd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 containerd Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 containerd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 containerd Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6-LTSS containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 containerd Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 containerd Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Mar 18 00:00:34 2025
CVE page last modified: Thu Mar 20 00:58:11 2025