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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kata-containers / kata-containers-cc (CVE-2025-5791)

🗓️ 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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CBL Mariner 2.0 vulnerable due to kata-containers version issue allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2025-5791)

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(244831);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/08/07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-5791");

  script_name(english:"CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kata-containers / kata-containers-cc (CVE-2025-5791)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of kata-containers / kata-containers-cc installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested
version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-5791 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in the user's crate for Rust. This vulnerability allows privilege escalation via
    incorrect group listing when a user or process has fewer than exactly 1024 groups, leading to the
    erroneous inclusion of the root group in the access list. (CVE-2025-5791)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5791");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-5791");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/08/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kata-containers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kata-containers-cc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kata-containers-cc-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:kata-containers-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MarinerOS Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CBLMariner/release", "Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var release = get_kb_item('Host/CBLMariner/release');
if (isnull(release) || 'CBL-Mariner' >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CBL-Mariner');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CBL-Mariner ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'CBL-Mariner');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^2([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CBL-Mariner 2.0', 'CBL-Mariner ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu)
  audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'CBL-Mariner', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'kata-containers-cc-3.2.0.azl2-7.cm2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'2.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'kata-containers-cc-tools-3.2.0.azl2-7.cm2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'2.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'CBLMariner-' + package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kata-containers / kata-containers-cc / kata-containers-cc-tools / etc');
}

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07 Aug 2025 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 3.17.1
EPSS0.00166
SSVC
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