# containerd v2.3.6

> Kubernetes Core · 2026-09-24

A maintenance release with a disclosed security fix and several correctness updates. It also changes default container behavior and updates the Go toolchain.

## Action needed
- **[security · medium]** `CVE-2026-53493` security fix
  - The release includes a fix for `CVE-2026-53493`, tracked as `GHSA-pg57-6jwg-q645`.

## Other recorded changes
- 5 (default_changed 2, defect_corrected 2, value_changed 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/containerd/v2.3.6)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v2.3.6)