CVE-2020-2026

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Kata ContainersKata Containers1.11 < 1.11.1affected
Kata ContainersKata Containers1.10 < 1.10.5affected
Kata ContainersKata Containers1 <= 1.9affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59: CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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