CVE-2026-92574 CRI-O - Broken Access Control

CRI-O 1.34 and later contain a broken access control vulnerability caused by improper enforcement of Kubernetes security context during checkpoint restore, letting users with pod creation permissions execute processes with elevated privileges, exploit requires permission to create pods from malicious checkpointed containers.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.65% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
21 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-250

Vendor fix

Update to fixed versions once released or apply patches from supported branches.

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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