Vulnerability in Katacontainers Kata Containers
CVE-2020-27151
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (81.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Katacontainers Kata Containers — versions 2.0.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-27151?
- CVE-2020-27151 is a high-severity vulnerability in Katacontainers Kata Containers. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-12-07.
- How severe is CVE-2020-27151?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-27151 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.