{"id":"CVE-2026-92574","aliases":["EUVD-2026-83881","GHSA-mhq8-392f-7m6m"],"status":"published","title":"Cri-o: cri-o checkpoint restore bypasses destination security context","description":"A vulnerability in CRI-O checkpoint restore allows a user who can create a pod from a malicious checkpointed container to bypass the destination Kubernetes security context. The restored process may retain credentials, Linux capabilities, no_new_privs, and seccomp state from the checkpoint instead of enforcing the destination configuration. This can allow execution with elevated privileges across the container security boundary.\nAffected upstream supported versions are CRI-O 1.34 and later. Downstream Red Hat products are affected from OCP 4.17 onward. Fixes have been applied to supported branches but are not yet released.\nExploitation requires permission to create a pod from a malicious checkpoint image and checkpoint restore functionality to be available.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00654,"percentile":0.51622,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-250"],"published":"2026-09-21T09:49:49Z","modified":"2026-11-05T00:09:26Z","products":[{"vendor":"red hat","product":"confidential compute attestation"},{"vendor":"red hat","product":"red hat enterprise linux 8"},{"vendor":"red hat","product":"red hat enterprise linux 9"},{"vendor":"red hat","product":"red hat openshift container platform 4"},{"vendor":"red hat","product":"red hat openshift container platform 5"}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-92574","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT","advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2535436","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92574","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mhq8-392f-7m6m"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/92xxx/CVE-2026-92574.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-92574","title":"Cri-o: cri-o checkpoint restore bypasses destination security context","description":"A vulnerability in CRI-O checkpoint restore allows a user who can create a pod from a malicious checkpointed container to bypass the destination Kubernetes security context. The restored process may retain credentials, Linux capabilities, no_new_privs, and seccomp state from the checkpoint instead of enforcing the destination configuration. This can allow execution with elevated privileges across the container security boundary.\nAffected upstream supported versions are CRI-O 1.34 and later. Downstream Red Hat products are affected from OCP 4.17 onward. 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This can allow execution with elevated privileges across the container security boundary.\nAffected upstream supported versions are CRI-O 1.34 and later. Downstream Red Hat products are affected from OCP 4.17 onward. Fixes have been applied to supported branches but are not yet released.\nExploitation requires permission to create a pod from a malicious checkpoint image and checkpoint restore functionality to be available.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-21T09:49:49Z","modified":"2026-11-05T00:09:26Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-05T01:48:37.947628Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-mhq8-392f-7m6m","title":"A vulnerability in CRI-O checkpoint restore allows a user who can create a pod from a malicious...","description":"A vulnerability in CRI-O checkpoint restore allows a user who can create a pod from a malicious checkpointed container to bypass the destination Kubernetes security context. The restored process may retain credentials, Linux capabilities, no_new_privs, and seccomp state from the checkpoint instead of enforcing the destination configuration. This can allow execution with elevated privileges across the container security boundary.\nAffected upstream supported versions are CRI-O 1.34 and later. Downstream Red Hat products are affected from OCP 4.17 onward. Fixes have been applied to supported branches but are not yet released.\nExploitation requires permission to create a pod from a malicious checkpoint image and checkpoint restore functionality to be available.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-21T12:32:36Z","modified":"2026-09-21T12:32:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-250"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:12:14.750064Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-92574","description":"A vulnerability in CRI-O checkpoint restore allows a user who can create a pod from a malicious checkpointed container to bypass the destination Kubernetes security context. 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Fixes have been applied to supported branches but are not yet released.\nExploitation requires permission to create a pod from a malicious checkpoint image and checkpoint restore functionality to be available.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-21T10:17:17.36Z","modified":"2026-11-05T01:17:23.593Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-250"],"updated_at":"2026-11-05T06:56:39.603296Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-92574","title":"Cri-o: cri-o checkpoint restore bypasses destination security context","description":"A vulnerability in CRI-O checkpoint restore allows a user who can create a pod from a malicious checkpointed container to bypass the destination Kubernetes security context. The restored process may retain credentials, Linux capabilities, no_new_privs, and seccomp state from the checkpoint instead of enforcing the destination configuration. This can allow execution with elevated privileges across the container security boundary.\nAffected upstream supported versions are CRI-O 1.34 and later. Downstream Red Hat products are affected from OCP 4.17 onward. Fixes have been applied to supported branches but are not yet released.\nExploitation requires permission to create a pod from a malicious checkpoint image and checkpoint restore functionality to be available.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-21T09:49:49.679Z","modified":"2026-11-05T21:16:12.249912236Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-250"],"updated_at":"2026-11-05T22:00:58.054534Z"}]}}