Kata Containers: Config Path Annotation Arbitrary File Loading

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AZL-94679 CVE-2026-50540 affecting package cri-o 1.30.1-1

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...

CVE-2026-50540

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...

CVE-2026-50540

Kata Containers CVE-2026-50540 affects kata-runtime prior to 4.0.0, where an unvalidated io.katacontainers.config_path pod annotation lets a pod user load a host TOML file. This enables selecting attacker-controlled binaries (hypervisor or virtio-fs daemon) on the host, leading to root code execu...

CVE-2026-50540 Kata Containers: Config Path Annotation Arbitrary File Loading

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...

CVE-2026-50540

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...

EUVD-2026-54679

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...

CVE-2026-50540

A flaw was found in Kata Containers, affecting both its Rust and Go runtimes. An authenticated pod user can exploit this by setting the io.katacontainers.configpath annotation to an arbitrary configuration file on the host. This allows the attacker to control privileged runtime settings, leading ...