Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

Privilege Context Bypass (CWE-269) in containerd Runtime

CVE-2026-46680

Published:

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Privilege Management / Authorization

CWE:

CWE-269

Impact:

runAsNonRoot Policy Bypass and Privilege Escalation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Privilege Management / Authorization

CWE:

CWE-269

Impact:

runAsNonRoot Policy Bypass and Privilege Escalation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.