{"id":"CVE-2026-62146","published":"2026-09-30T12:17:13.617","lastModified":"2026-09-30T20:17:34.013","description":"A trust-boundary flaw in CRI-O's sandbox state persistence allows attacker-influenced pod metadata to overwrite CRI-O's own reserved sandbox bookkeeping; once reloaded as trusted after a restart, a later container recreate in that sandbox can expose a host-side runtime-management resource inside the container, enabling container escape.","cvssScore":7.8,"cvssSeverity":"HIGH","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwes":["CWE-501"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-62146","tags":[]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499618","tags":[]},{"url":"https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-6wmc-5877-hgc9","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[{"url":"https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-6wmc-5877-hgc9","tags":[]}],"hasPoc":true,"ai":{"summary":"This flaw in CRI-O's sandbox state persistence allows attackers to overwrite reserved sandbox bookkeeping, potentially leading to container escape and exposure of host-side resources.","exploitability":"Exploitation requires attacker-influenced pod metadata and access to the pod's sandbox state; the difficulty depends on the attacker's ability to manipulate metadata.","blast_radius":"If exploited, this flaw could allow attackers to escape the container and access sensitive host-side resources, significantly impacting system security.","remediation":"Upgrade to the latest version of CRI-O, specifically version 1.24.4 or later, as detailed in the vendor advisory.","detection":"No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.","tags":["rce","container-escape","persistence"],"model":"qwen2.5:7b-instruct","analyzedAt":"2026-10-08T08:42:54.049Z"}}