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CVE-2026-24834

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 3.27.0, an issue in Kata with Cloud Hypervisor allows a user of the container to modify the file system used by the Guest micro VM ultimately achieving arbitrary code execution as root in said VM. The current understanding is this doesn’t impact the security of the Host or of other containers / VMs running on that Host (note that
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:ca3d52531b493d9eb5e0d7d4d37e261f8c8566fa6d9cae6d898439cc65bb4f67
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
3

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 3 assertions

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"kata-containers","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/affected/1

{"product":"kata-containers","vendor":"kata-containers","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 3.27.0"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9","product":"Confidential Compute Attestation","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/affected/0
cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.4,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-732","description":"CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-281","description":"Improper Preservation of Permissions","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

3 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"kata-containers","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/affected/1
{"product":"kata-containers","vendor":"kata-containers","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 3.27.0"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:confidential_compute_attestation:1"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-monitor-rhel9","product":"Confidential Compute Attestation","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.4,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-732","description":"CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-281","description":"Improper Preservation of Permissions","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

6 source assertions
{"tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24834"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2441025","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441025"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/commit/6a672503973bf7c687053e459bfff8a9652e16bf","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/commit/6a672503973bf7c687053e459bfff8a9652e16bf"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/3.27.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/tag/3.27.0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-wwj6-vghv-5p64","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-wwj6-vghv-5p64"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["x_sadp-csaf-vex"],"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-24834.json"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cae2bb3f8210f078be1b3bb9c64eaac32e939b8ca029a6e08fad9894c6e73e37 · sha256:f557a9c8947c88aa… · /containers/adp/1/references/2

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