High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-28914
CVE-2020-28914
Description
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
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3cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata-containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata-containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.11.5
- (no CPE)range: <1.11.5
- Kata Containers/Kata Containersdescription
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References
5- github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/1062nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3042nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3051nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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