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CVE-2026-62146

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.11% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-30 · Last synced 2026-10-08

CyberRota Analysis

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A trust-boundary vulnerability in CRI-O's sandbox state persistence allows attacker-controlled pod metadata to overwrite critical bookkeeping information. This flaw can lead to container escape, potentially exposing host-side runtime-management resources within the container environment. Organizations utilizing CRI-O for container orchestration should prioritize addressing this vulnerability to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to host resources.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2026-62146
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.11%

Original NVD 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.