Cri-o: checkpoint restore can be triggered from different namespaces

Summary

CVE	CVE-2024-8676
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	redhat
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2024-11-26 20:15:34 UTC
Updated	2026-10-13 03:16:38 UTC
Description	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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.4 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.007730000 probability, percentile 0.529430000 (date 2026-08-24)

Problem Types: CWE-285 | CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.1	[email protected]	Secondary	7.4	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`
3.1	CNA	CVSS	7.4	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15	unaffected 0:1.28.11-7.rhaos4.15.gitc4c0556.el8 * rpm	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16	unaffected 0:1.29.11-3.rhaos4.16.git16d9bd6.el8 * rpm	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16	unaffected 416.94.202506251808-0 * rpm	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17	unaffected 417.94.202503241418-0 * rpm	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18	unaffected 0:1.31.5-5.rhaos4.18.git6dfa0a6.el8 * rpm	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18	unaffected 418.94.202504231329-0 * rpm	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Not specified	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Not specified	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Not specified	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11	Not specified	Not specified
CNA	Red Hat	Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Not specified	Not specified

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4211	[email protected]	access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9765	[email protected]	access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3297	[email protected]	access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1908	[email protected]	access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi	[email protected]	bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0648	[email protected]	access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8676	[email protected]	access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:10826	[email protected]	access.redhat.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Additional Advisory Data

Source	Time	Event
CNA	2024-09-20T19:45:05.331Z	Reported to Red Hat.
CNA	2024-11-26T18:21:38.116Z	Made public.

Workarounds

CNA: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.