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.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-0858 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6978-vg2j-cc9q Improper Privilege Management and Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kata Containers
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

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Updated: 2024-09-17T01:15:36.499Z

Reserved: 2019-12-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-2023

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-10T18:15:11.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:24:28.640

Link: CVE-2020-2023

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