VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-2026

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@paloaltonetworks.com: CWE-59
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references