CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-77176
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-73
Description
A flaw was found in Kata Containers. In configurations utilizing genpolicy for Confidential Containers guest protection, a malicious host operator can exploit insufficient validation of CreateContainer mount and storage rules. This allows them to mount arbitrary container-rootfs paths over sensitive host locations or provision arbitrary content, potentially exposing confidential information or enabling the acceptance of attacker-controlled input.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77176 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517502 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-fmg6-v47x-52wr github.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/20/19 www.openwall.com