kata-containers github.com/kata-containers/runtime vulnerabilities

Latest kata-containers github.com/kata-containers/runtime CVEs

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1. CVE-2026-24834 Kata Container to Guest micro VM privilege escalation

   Published 2026-02-19

   High·CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.24%

   Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. In versions prior to 3.27.0, an issue in Kata with Cloud Hypervisor allows a user of the container to modify the file system used by...

2. CVE-2020-2023 Kata Containers - Containers have access to the guest root filesystem device

   Published 2020-06-10

   Medium·CVSS 6.3 EPSS 1.1%

   Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata Co...

3. CVE-2020-2026 Kata Containers - Guests can trick the kata-runtime into mounting the container image on any host path

   Published 2020-06-10

   High·CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.48%

   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...

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