CVE-2026-15801 CRI-O - Broken Access Control

CRI-O contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by insufficient validation of restore metadata in container checkpoint and restore feature, letting users with sufficient privileges perform unintended host filesystem operations, exploit requires container checkpoint and restore enabled and untrusted checkpoint content.

CVSS base score 8.0 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.32% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
Broken Access Control
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
21 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-22

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with fixed container checkpoint and restore validation.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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