CVE-2020-2026 HIGH

CVE-2020-2026: Kata Containers - Guests can trick the kata-runtime into mounting the container image on any host path

Vendor Kata Containers
Product Kata Containers
Weakness CWE-59
Published June 10, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A malicious guest compromised before a container creation (e.g. a malicious guest image or a guest running multiple containers) can trick the kata runtime into mounting the untrusted container filesystem on any host path, potentially allowing for code execution on the host. This issue affects: Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata Containers 1.10 versions earlier than 1.10.5; Kata Containers 1.9 and earlier versions.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 10, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated