An issue was discovered in Kata Containers through 1.11.3 and 2.x through 2.0-rc1
Published Dec 7, 2020
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.04%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.11.3
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02044) | 80.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02044) | 79.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00473) | 75.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00473) | 74.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 0.47% (0.00473) | 72.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00333) | 66.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 14.47% (0.14469) | 91.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.47th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.50% (0.04504) | 76.26th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 64.49th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01040) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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