CVE-2020-2023GHSA-6978-VG2J-CC9Q
Kata Containers - Containers have access to the guest root filesystem device
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.11.1, 1.10.5, 1.9.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 1 proof of concept on GitHub
Summary
Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata Containers 1.10 versions earlier than 1.10.5; and Kata Containers 1.9 and earlier versions.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Kata Containers Kata Containers
From 1.11 · fixed in 1.11.1; From 1.10 · fixed in 1.10.5; From 1 · through 1.9
- github.com/kata-containers/agentGo
fixed in 1.9.1
- github.com/kata-containers/agentGo
From 1.10.0 · fixed in 1.10.5
- github.com/kata-containers/agentGo
From 1.11.0 · fixed in 1.11.1
- github.com/kata-containers/runtimeGo
fixed in 1.9.1
- github.com/kata-containers/runtimeGo
From 1.10.0 · fixed in 1.10.5
- github.com/kata-containers/runtimeGo
From 1.11.0 · fixed in 1.11.1