An issue was discovered in Kata Containers through 1.11.3 and 2.x through 2.0-rc1.
Priority MEDIUM 42Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Kata Containers through 1.11.3 and 2.x through 2.0-rc1. The runtime will execute binaries given using annotations without any kind of validation. Someone who is granted access rights to a cluster will be able to have kata-runtime execute arbitrary binaries as root on the worker nodes.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02044 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.11.3 | Vulnerable | kata-containers |
| cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 alpha1 | Vulnerable | kata-containers |
| cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 alpha2 | Vulnerable | kata-containers |
| cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 alpha3 | Vulnerable | kata-containers |
| cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 rc0 | Vulnerable | kata-containers |
| cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.0.0 rc1 | Vulnerable | kata-containers |
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.11.3 Vulnerable ·kata-containers
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 alpha1 Vulnerable ·kata-containers
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 alpha2 Vulnerable ·kata-containers
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 alpha3 Vulnerable ·kata-containers
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 rc0 Vulnerable ·kata-containers
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·kata-containers
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-27151
References
More kata-containers Kata Containers vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-19382 Improper check for unusual conditions in kata-containers CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-20033 Kata Container to Guest micro VM privilege escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-29927 Kata Containers: CopyFile Policy Subversion via Symlinks CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-32189 Kata Containers have VM Escape via virtiofsd Argument Injection through Default-Enabled Pod Annotations CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.8
Sources
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