CVE-2026-53488: containerd CRI — image-config `LABEL` flows to restart-monitor `binary://` logger: host-root command execution from an image pull

June 19, 2026

A bug was found in containerd where the CRI plugin propagates labels from an image config (LABEL instruction in Dockerfile) to a container without validation. This may result in executing an arbitrary command on the host, via a plugin that consumes container labels for some operations.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp
github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-xhf5-7wjv-pqxp
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53488

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