# containerd v2.2.9

> Kubernetes Core · 2026-09-24

A maintenance release with a security fix, correctness fixes, and behavior changes for CRI image mounts and Linux container information masking. The release also includes fixes for image handling and relabeling behavior.

## Action needed
- **[security · medium]** `CVE-2026-53493` security fix
  - The release includes a security fix for `CVE-2026-53493`, also tracked as `GHSA-pg57-6jwg-q645`.
- **[breaking]** Thermal interrupt information masking
  - `pkg/oci` now masks thermal interrupt information in Linux container data.
- **[breaking]** CRI image mount manager
  - CRI image mounts now use the mount manager.

## Other recorded changes
- 3 (defect_corrected 3)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/containerd/v2.2.9)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v2.2.9)