🛡️ CVE-2024-40635 on Go (Root.io) — containerd

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-40635 as tracked by Go (Root.io), for the package containerd. The fix is available in version v1.7.18-aikido.2; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2024-40635 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2024-40635 is recorded against 2 packages.

• github.com/containerd/containerd (fixed in v1.7.18-aikido.2)
• rootio-github.com/containerd/containerd (fixed in v1.7.18-root.io.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

github.com/containerd/containerd has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-53488 (8.0 High, published 25 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-50195 (published 25 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-53489 (published 25 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-53492 (published 22 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-47262 (published 19 Jun 2026)
• ROOT-APP-GOBINARY-CVE-2024-25621 (8.0 High, published 18 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-46680 (8.0 High, published 21 May 2026)
• ECHO-a8e9-4006-cbaf (published 25 Nov 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound) in other software:

• CVE-2022-36015 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25667 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-25662 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12864 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-12863 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23575 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-23567 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000450 (8.0 High, published 2 Jul 2026)

CVE-2024-40635 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

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