{"id":"CVE-2020-2026","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-2026","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:21:20.524Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2020-06-10T18:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:11:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["katacontainers/runtime","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.00475,"percentile":0.40758,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2712","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2713","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P7FHA4AF6Y6PAVJBTTQPUEHXZQUOF3P/","source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JPBKAQBF3OR72N55GWM2TDYQP2OHK6H/","source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6W5MKF7HSAIL2AX2BX6RV4WWVGUIKVLS/","source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJAMOVB7DSOGX7J26QH5HZKU7GSSX2VU/","source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNJHSSPCKUGJDVXXIXK2JUWCRJDQX7CE/","source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWACJQSMY5BVDMVTF3FBN7HZSOSFOG3Q/","source":"psirt@paloaltonetworks.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2712","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2713","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P7FHA4AF6Y6PAVJBTTQPUEHXZQUOF3P/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JPBKAQBF3OR72N55GWM2TDYQP2OHK6H/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6W5MKF7HSAIL2AX2BX6RV4WWVGUIKVLS/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJAMOVB7DSOGX7J26QH5HZKU7GSSX2VU/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNJHSSPCKUGJDVXXIXK2JUWCRJDQX7CE/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWACJQSMY5BVDMVTF3FBN7HZSOSFOG3Q/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2026","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}