CVE-2020-27151 json
An issue was discovered in Kata Containers through 1.11.3 and 2.x through 2.0-rc1.
published 2020-12-07 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-19675
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.0%
- EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
2.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
-
bugs.launchpad.net
/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0
third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5
third-party-advisory
-
github.com
/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-27151
- NVD CVE-2020-27151
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