Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-27151
Potential exploit
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.
Products affected by CVE-2020-27151
- cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata_containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-27151
0.85%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 73 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-27151
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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9.0
|
HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
8.0
|
10.0
|
NIST | |
|
8.8
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2020-27151
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/katacontainers.io/+bug/1878234
Exploit;Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/2.0.0
Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5
Release # Release 1.11.5 · kata-containers/runtime · GitHubThird Party Advisory
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https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0
Release # Release 1.12.0 · kata-containers/runtime · GitHubThird Party Advisory
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