GHSA-6978-VG2J-CC9Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-15 01:57 – Updated: 2021-10-20 17:38
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Summary
Improper Privilege Management and Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kata Containers
Details

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.

Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-2023"
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-250",
      "CWE-269"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-13T19:41:22Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-06-10T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "details": "Kata Containers doesn\u0027t restrict containers from accessing the guest\u0027s 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-6978-vg2j-cc9q",
  "modified": "2021-10-20T17:38:18Z",
  "published": "2022-02-15T01:57:18Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2477"
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      "url": "https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2487"
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    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/kata-containers"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Improper Privilege Management and Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kata Containers"
}


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