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…

EPSS: 0.020 (78.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.