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TI-2026-44403 Aliases CVE-2026-62146

Cri-o: cri-o: sandbox state poisoning via pod annotations may expose runtime socket

Priority LOW 35CWE-501Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A trust-boundary flaw in CRI-O's sandbox state persistence allows attacker-influenced pod metadata to overwrite CRI-O's own reserved sandbox bookkeeping; once reloaded as trusted after a restart, a later container recreate in that sandbox can expose a host-side runtime-management resource inside the container, enabling container escape.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0017 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16—1.29.13-16.rhaos4.16.git84cfdc6.el8Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5——No fix listedCNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.29.13-16.rhaos4.16.git84cfdc6.el8 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CNA · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el84.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el94.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:55—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:5 Versions 5 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:89713 Released 2026-10-27 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.16.74 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 cri-o-1.29.13-16.rhaos4.16.git84cfdc6.el8, cri-o-1.29.13-16.rhaos4.16.git84cfdc6.el9, cri-tools-1.29.0-10.el8 +29

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16Fixed RHSA-2026:89713
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62146
  2. 2026-10-27 Fix available: cri-o@0:1.29.13-16.rhaos4.16.git84cfdc6.el8 · CNA
  3. 2026-10-27 1 new reference · CNA
  4. 2026-10-27 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-29 Fix available: RHSA-2026:89713 · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · CNA
  7. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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