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CVE-2020-27151

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.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from katacontainers organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-12-07T14:15:11.280

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:20:47.173

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	katacontainers	kata_containers	≤ 1.11.3	Yes
Application	katacontainers	kata_containers	2.0.0	Yes
Application	katacontainers	kata_containers	2.0.0	Yes
Application	katacontainers	kata_containers	2.0.0	Yes
Application	katacontainers	kata_containers	2.0.0	Yes
Application	katacontainers	kata_containers	2.0.0	Yes

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For katacontainers's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.