VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-27151
The runtime will execute binaries given using annotations without any kind of validation.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.04%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.04% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- katacontainers/kata containers
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.