Description
The imgcrypt library provides API exensions for containerd to support encrypted container images and implements the ctd-decoder command line tool for use by containerd to decrypt encrypted container images. The imgcrypt function `CheckAuthorization` is supposed to check whether the current used is authorized to access an encrypted image and prevent the user from running an image that another user previously decrypted on the same system. In versions prior to 1.1.4, a failure occurs when an image with a ManifestList is used and the architecture of the local host is not the first one in the ManifestList. Only the first architecture in the list was tested, which may not have its layers available locally since it could not be run on the host architecture. Therefore, the verdict on unavailable layers was that the image could be run anticipating that image run failure would occur later due to the layers not being available. However, this verdict to allow the image to run enabled other architectures in the ManifestList to run an image without providing keys if that image had previously been decrypted. A patch has been applied to imgcrypt 1.1.4. Workarounds may include usage of different namespaces for each remote user.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| containerd | imgcrypt | < 1.1.4 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | containerd | 1.5.9-0ubuntu3.1 | USN-5776-1 |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | containerd | 1.5.9-0ubuntu1~20.04.6 | USN-5776-1 |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | containerd | 1.5.9-0ubuntu1~18.04.2 | USN-5776-1 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | containerd | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/containerd/imgcrypt | < 1.1.4 | 1.1.4 | GHSA-8v99-48m9-c8pm |
Advisories 1
- USN-5776-1 containerd vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Apr 27, 2026
References
- https://github.com/containerd/imgcrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-8v99-48m9-c8pm
- https://github.com/containerd/imgcrypt/issues/69
- https://github.com/containerd/imgcrypt/commit/6fdd9818a4d8142107b7ecd767d839c9707700d9
- https://github.com/containerd/imgcrypt/releases/tag/v1.1.4
- FEDORA-2022-5f746c8e5b vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-de0f8beeb0 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-d86c15bfb7 vendor-advisory