CVE-2026-53488 is an improper input-validation vulnerability in containerd's CRI plugin. Vulnerable releases propagate image-configuration LABEL metadata into container labels without validation. A label-consuming plugin can subsequently interpret attacker-controlled label data during its operations; the restart-monitor binary logger mechanism is identified as an affected execution path. A crafted container image can therefore cause arbitrary command execution on the host. Affected versions are containerd releases earlier than 1.7.33, 2.0.10, 2.1.9, 2.2.5, and 2.3.2, according to the applicable release branch.
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A locally exploitable vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-53488 affecting Docker Engine packaged for Huawei EulerOS 2.0. The supplied CVSS vectors indicate high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, including impacts on a subsequent system/security authority.
A high-impact local vulnerability affecting the Docker Engine package on Huawei EulerOS 2.0. Successful exploitation requires local access and low privileges, can cross a security boundary, and can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
A high-impact locally exploitable vulnerability affecting the Docker Engine package on Huawei EulerOS 2.0. The listed CVSS v3 vector requires low privileges and has high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, including scope change.
A Huawei EulerOS 2.0 Docker Engine vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-53488. The supplied CVSS vectors describe a high-impact issue with confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact; CVSS v3 characterizes it as locally exploitable with low privileges required.
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