# CVE-2026-41326: Kata Containers: CopyFile Policy Subversion via Symlinks

- Also known as: GO-2026-5563, GHSA-Q49M-57VM-C8CC
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.29.0, 0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- kata-containers: from 3.4.0, fixed in 3.29.0
- github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers (Go): fixed in 0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763

## Description

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. From v3.4.0 to v3.28.0, an oversight in the CopyFile policy (and perhaps the CopyFile handler) allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations inside the guest workload image. This can be used to overwrite binaries inside the guest and exfiltrate data from containers; even those running inside CVMs. This vulnerability is fixed in v3.29.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kata-containers, github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers, upgrade to a fixed version (3.29.0, 0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-q49m-57vm-c8cc
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/commit/1b9e49eb2763aa6ea6a99b276d3ff5e2c7f658f2

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