Cri-o: checkpoint restore can be triggered from different namespaces
Priority LOW 36CWE-285Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
A vulnerability was found in CRI-O, where it can be requested to take a checkpoint archive of a container and later be asked to restore it. When it does that restoration, it attempts to restore the mounts from the restore archive instead of the pod request. As a result, the validations run on the pod spec, verifying that the pod has access to the mounts it specifies are not applicable to a restored container. This flaw allows a malicious user to trick CRI-O into restoring a pod that doesn't have access to host mounts. The user needs access to the kubelet or cri-o socket to call the restore endpoint and trigger the restore.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0075 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial cri-o: 1.29.11, 1.30.8, 1.31.3github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): 1.29.11, 1.30.8, 1.31.3Red Hat: 5 advisoriesRed Hat: 4 fixed, 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | cri-o | before 1.29.11; 1.30.0 to before 1.30.8; 1.31.0 to before 1.31.3 | 1.29.11, 1.30.8, 1.31.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | — | 1.28.11-7.rhaos4.15.gitc4c0556.el8 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | — | 1.29.11-3.rhaos4.16.git16d9bd6.el8 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | — | 416.94.202506251808-0 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 | — | 417.94.202503241418-0 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — | 1.31.5-5.rhaos4.18.git6dfa0a6.el8 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | — | 418.94.202504231329-0 | Patch available | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | — | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — | Not affected | CNA |
| — | github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) | before 1.29.11 | 1.29.11 | Patch available | GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp |
| — | github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) | 1.30.0 to before 1.30.8 | 1.30.8 | Patch available | GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp |
| — | github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) | 1.31.0 to before 1.31.3 | 1.31.3 | Patch available | GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp |
- cri-o Vendor— Affected before 1.29.11; 1.30.0 to before 1.30.8; 1.31.0 to before 1.31.3 Fixed in 1.29.11, 1.30.8, 1.31.3 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.28.11-7.rhaos4.15.gitc4c0556.el8 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.29.11-3.rhaos4.16.git16d9bd6.el8 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 416.94.202506251808-0 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 417.94.202503241418-0 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.31.5-5.rhaos4.18.git6dfa0a6.el8 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 418.94.202504231329-0 Patch available CNA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.29.11 Fixed in 1.29.11 Patch available GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.30.0 to before 1.30.8 Fixed in 1.30.8 Patch available GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.31.0 to before 1.31.3 Fixed in 1.31.3 Patch available GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp
CPE names CNA · 11
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.15::el8 | 4.15 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.15::el9 | 4.15 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el8 | 4.16 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el9 | 4.16 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9 | 4.17 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el8 | 4.18 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9 | 4.18 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 | 8 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 | 9 | — | Red Hat |
| cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:3.11 | 3.11 | — | Red Hat |
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.15::el8 Versions 4.15 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.15::el9 Versions 4.15 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el8 Versions 4.16 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el9 Versions 4.16 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9 Versions 4.17 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el8 Versions 4.18 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9 Versions 4.18 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 Versions 8 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 Versions 9 — ·Red Hat
- cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:3.11 Versions 3.11 — ·Red Hat
Remediation
- Fix · CNA cri-o Fixed in 1.29.11, 1.30.8, 1.31.3
- Fix · GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Fixed in 1.29.11 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Fixed in 1.30.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go) Fixed in 1.31.3 Advisory →
Red Hat 5 advisories
- RHSA-2025:9765 Released 2025-07-02 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.16.43 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 openshift4/ose-cluster-openshift-apiserver-rhel9-operator, rhcos
- RHSA-2025:4211 Released 2025-05-01 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Container Platform 4.18.11 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 openshift4/ose-cluster-etcd-rhel9-operator, openshift4/ose-olm-operator-controller-rhel9, rhcos
- RHSA-2025:3297 Released 2025-04-03 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Container Platform 4.17.23 bug fix and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 rhcos
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2025:1908 Released 2025-03-04 · Red Hat rating ImportantOpenShift Container Platform 4.18.2 packages and security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 buildah-2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.18.el9, buildah-tests-2:1.33.12-1.rhaos4.18.el9, cri-o-1.31.5-5.rhaos4.18.git6dfa0a6.el8 +1
- RHSA-2025:0648 Released 2025-01-29 · Red Hat rating ModerateOpenShift Container Platform 4.15.44 security update
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 cri-o-1.28.11-7.rhaos4.15.gitc4c0556.el8, cri-o-1.28.11-7.rhaos4.15.gitc4c0556.el9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:0648 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:9765 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:3297 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 | Fixed | RHSA-2025:1908, RHSA-2025:4211 |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8676
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp
- 2026-10-13 Fix available: openshift/[email protected], openshift/[email protected], openshift/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Advisory 7
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Sources
- CVE-2024-8676 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8676 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7p9f-6x8j-gxxp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-8676 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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