CVE-2020-27151 Code injection in n/a
Attackers with cluster access can execute arbitrary binaries as root on worker nodes due to lack of validation in Kata Containers runtime.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-27151?
CVE-2020-27151 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27151?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Katacontainers Kata Containers.
How do I fix CVE-2020-27151?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-27151 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2020-27151 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27151 in the wild and no public exploit code.