CVE-2020-2025

Kata Containers - Cloud Hypervisor guests persist filesystem changes to the underlying host image file

Description

Kata Containers before 1.11.0 on Cloud Hypervisor persists guest filesystem changes to the underlying image file on the host. A malicious guest can overwrite the image file to gain control of all subsequent guest VMs. Since Kata Containers uses the same VM image file with all VMMs, this issue may also affect QEMU and Firecracker based guests.

Categories

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: Kata Containers Kata Containers
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2487 third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-2025?
CVE-2020-2025 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-2025?
To fix CVE-2020-2025, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-2025 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-2025 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-2025?
CVE-2020-2025 affects Kata Containers Kata Containers.
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