CVE-2026-50540
Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like cont
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Publicado: 7 ago 2026 · Última mod.: 7 ago 2026 · CWE-20 · CWE-22
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Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. Prior to version 4.0.0, kata-runtime is vulnerable to host code execution via an unvalidated configuration path annotation. The runtime accepts an arbitrary io.katacontainers.config_path pod annotation and loads the referenced host TOML file without restriction. As a result, a pod user who can place a file at a host-visible path can supply a configuration that selects an attacker-controlled hypervisor or virtio-fs daemon binary, executing code as root on the host. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.0.