What is CVE-2024-25621?

CVE-2024-25621 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with High severity. containerd affected by a local privilege escalation via wide permissions on CRI directory

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2024-25621 cover?

CVE-2024-25621 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2024-25621. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2024-25621?

CVE-2024-25621 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2024-25621?

CVE-2024-25621 affects 4 products, including: azl3 containerd2 2.0.0-14 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 moby-containerd-cc 1.7.7-9 on Azure Linux 3.0; cbl2 moby-containerd 1.6.26-12 on CBL Mariner 2.0; cbl2 moby-containerd-cc 1.7.7-12 on CBL Mariner 2.0.

CVE-2024-25621HighCVSS 7.3

containerd affected by a local privilege escalation via wide permissions on CRI directory

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

May 31, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-25621 →

🎯 Affected products4

azl3 containerd2 2.0.0-14 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 moby-containerd-cc 1.7.7-9 on Azure Linux 3.0
cbl2 moby-containerd 1.6.26-12 on CBL Mariner 2.0
cbl2 moby-containerd-cc 1.7.7-12 on CBL Mariner 2.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 1.6.26-13 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 1.7.7-10 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 2.0.0-15 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 1.7.7-13

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25621
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade