# CVE-2024-3154: Cri-o: arbitrary command injection via pod annotation

- Also known as: GHSA-2CGQ-H8XW-2V5J, GO-2024-2791
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.29.4, 1.28.6, 1.27.6
- Published: 2024-04-26 · Updated: 2026-08-24

## Affected

- cri-o: 1.27.5, 1.28.5, 1.29.3
- cri-o: version range not reported
- cri-o: version range not reported
- cri-o: version range not reported
- cri-o: version range not reported
- cri-o: version range not reported
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): from 1.29.0, fixed in 1.29.4
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): from 1.28.0, fixed in 1.28.6
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): fixed in 1.27.6
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): fixed in 1.27.6; from 1.28.0, fixed in 1.28.6; from 1.29.0, fixed in 1.29.4

## Description

A flaw was found in cri-o, where an arbitrary systemd property can be injected via a Pod annotation. Any user who can create a pod with an arbitrary annotation may perform an arbitrary action on the host system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cri-o, github.com/cri-o/cri-o, upgrade to a fixed version (1.29.4, 1.28.6, 1.27.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2672
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2784
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3496
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3154
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272532
- https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/security/advisories/GHSA-2cgq-h8xw-2v5j
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/4217
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/main/features.md#unsafe-annotations-in-configjson

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