CVE-2020-2024 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-2024: Kata Containers - Guests can trick the kata-runtime into unmounting any mount point on the host

Vendor Kata Containers
Product Kata Containers
Weakness CWE-59
Published May 19, 2020
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An improper link resolution vulnerability affects Kata Containers versions prior to 1.11.0. Upon container teardown, a malicious guest can trick the kata-runtime into unmounting any mount point on the host and all mount points underneath it, potentiality resulting in a host DoS.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 19, 2020 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated