CVE-2020-27151

Public Exploit

Description

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.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.84% Top 30%

Third-Party Advisory launchpad.net Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234	issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0	third party advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5	third party advisory
https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-27151?: CVE-2020-27151 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-27151?: To fix CVE-2020-27151, 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-2020-27151 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2020-27151 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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