What is CVE-2025-47291?

CVE-2025-47291 is a high-severity vulnerability in Containerd, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-47291?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Containerd

CVE-2025-47291

containerd is an open-source container runtime. A bug was found in the containerd's CRI implementation where containerd, starting in version 2.0.1 and prior to version 2.0.5, doesn't put usernamespaced containers under the Kubernetes' cgro…

EPSS: 0.002 (15.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Containerd — versions >= 2.0.1, < 2.0.5
Linuxfoundation Containerd

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-47291?: CVE-2025-47291 is a high-severity vulnerability in Containerd, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-47291?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.