CVE-2020-2023

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.

• CWE-250

• https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/issues/791Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/pull/792Patch
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2488Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2477Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2487Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/issues/791Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/pull/792Patch
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2488Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2477Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2487Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jun 10, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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