CVE-2020-2023 LOW

CVE-2020-2023: Kata Containers - Containers have access to the guest root filesystem device

Vendor Kata Containers
Product Kata Containers
Weakness CWE-250
Published June 10, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024
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CVSS base score

3.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata Containers 1.10 versions earlier than 1.10.5; and Kata Containers 1.9 and earlier versions.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 10, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated