{"id":"CVE-2020-2023","aliases":["GHSA-6978-vg2j-cc9q"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2023","summary":"Improper Privilege Management and Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in Kata Containers","details":"Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquerade as the kata-agent. This issue affects Kata Containers 1.11 versions earlier than 1.11.1; Kata Containers 1.10 versions earlier than 1.10.5; and Kata Containers 1.9 and earlier versions.","published":"2020-06-10T18:15:11.280Z","modified":"2026-07-08T12:44:29.383711Z","cvss":{"score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kata-containers/agent","fixedVersion":"1.9.1"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kata-containers/agent","fixedVersion":"1.10.5"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kata-containers/agent","fixedVersion":"1.11.1"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kata-containers/runtime","fixedVersion":"1.9.1"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kata-containers/runtime","fixedVersion":"1.10.5"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kata-containers/runtime","fixedVersion":"1.11.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/pull/792","label":"kata-containers/agent#792"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/issues/791"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.10.5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/agent/pull/792"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues/2488"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2477"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/2487"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T12:44:29.383711Z"}}