CVE-2020-2026: Kata Containers - Guests can trick the kata-runtime into mounting the container image on any host path
Published Jun 10, 2020
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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
4 affected components
katacontainers Runtime<=1.9
katacontainers Runtime>=1.10<1.10.5
katacontainers Runtime>=1.11<1.11.1
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
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Kata Containersto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.11.1 - Upgrade
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Kata Containersto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.10.5 - Upgrade
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Kata Containersto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 1.9
Event History
Jun 10, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:27 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:27 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness