High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-27151
CVE-2020-27151
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.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.11.3
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.11.3, <=2.0-rc1
- Kata Containers/Kata Containersdescription
Patches
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References
4- bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0nvdThird Party Advisory
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