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CVE-2026-24054

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. In versions prior to 3.26.0, when a container image is malformed or contains no layers, containerd falls back to bind-mounting an empty snapshotter directory for the container rootfs. When the Kata runtime attempts to mount the container rootfs, the bind mount causes the rootfs to be detected as a block device, leading to the underlying device being
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:fb0d1be366a0cb51011f0cc7f99d0a7731c2f0d3b2bf85861e6006e60b46b287
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"kata-containers","vendor":"kata-containers","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 3.26.0"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-754","description":"CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

5 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/d939b6af5f8536c2cae85e919e7c40070557df0e/plugins/snapshots/overlay/overlay.go#L564-L581","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/d939b6af5f8536c2cae85e919e7c40070557df0e/plugins/snapshots/overlay/overlay.go#L564-L581"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/a164693e1afead84cd01d5bc3575e2cbfe64ce35/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go#L1122-L1126","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/a164693e1afead84cd01d5bc3575e2cbfe64ce35/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go#L1122-L1126"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/c7d0c270ee7dfaa6d978e6e07b99dabdaf2b9fda/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go#L1616-L1623","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/c7d0c270ee7dfaa6d978e6e07b99dabdaf2b9fda/src/runtime/virtcontainers/container.go#L1616-L1623"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"name":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/commit/20ca4d2d79aa5bf63aa1254f08915da84f19e92a","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/commit/20ca4d2d79aa5bf63aa1254f08915da84f19e92a"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-5fc8-gg7w-3g5c","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-5fc8-gg7w-3g5c"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:163e049ee43216b327132b0a5e4f7e1ee76c5fb16dd1fc123b54000b2db49c19 · sha256:6579c5d77da2a263… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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