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CVE-2020-2026

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

Published: Jun 10, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-59
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

katacontainers
oss-projectaka kata containers, kata-containers
runtimeOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Kata Containers
oss-project
Kata ContainersOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/kata-containers/runtime
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2712
github.com
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2713
github.com
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5
github.com
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