CVE-2026-15801
A vulnerability was found in CRI-O related to the container checkpoint and restore feature. When CRI-O is configured to restore containers from checkpoint archives, insufficient validation of restore metadata may allow a user with sufficient privileges to perform unintended operations on the host filesystem. Successful exploitation requires that container checkpoint and restore functionality is enabled, which is not the default configuration. An attacker must also be able to trigger restoration of a container from untrusted checkpoint content.
Published:Sep 21, 2026
Last Modified:Oct 30, 2026
EPS:Sep 21, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00479
CVSS Score:8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift
Redhat
Openshift
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Openshift Container Platform
Redhat
Openshift Container Platform
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
