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CVE-2020-2026 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2712	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2713	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P7FHA4AF6Y6PAVJBTTQPUEHXZQUOF3P/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JPBKAQBF3OR72N55GWM2TDYQP2OHK6H/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6W5MKF7HSAIL2AX2BX6RV4WWVGUIKVLS/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJAMOVB7DSOGX7J26QH5HZKU7GSSX2VU/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNJHSSPCKUGJDVXXIXK2JUWCRJDQX7CE/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWACJQSMY5BVDMVTF3FBN7HZSOSFOG3Q/	CVE
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2712	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2713	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P7FHA4AF6Y6PAVJBTTQPUEHXZQUOF3P/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JPBKAQBF3OR72N55GWM2TDYQP2OHK6H/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6W5MKF7HSAIL2AX2BX6RV4WWVGUIKVLS/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJAMOVB7DSOGX7J26QH5HZKU7GSSX2VU/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNJHSSPCKUGJDVXXIXK2JUWCRJDQX7CE/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XWACJQSMY5BVDMVTF3FBN7HZSOSFOG3Q/	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
katacontainers runtime	<= 1.9 >= 1.10, < 1.10.5 >= 1.11, < 1.11.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:runtime:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	31
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 16, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 5, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 24, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]