GHSA-RR59-XXVX-96QR Kata Containers have VM Escape via virtiofsd Argument Injection through Default-Enabled Pod Annotations

Summary Kata Containers ships with a default configuration that allows pod creators to inject arbitrary command-line arguments into the virtiofsd process through the io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.virtiofsextraargs pod annotation. By injecting -o source=/ along with --no-announce-submounts a...

PT-2026-43453

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kata Containers version 3.28.0 Description Kata Containers allows pod creators to inject arbitrary command-line arguments into the virtiofsd process via the io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.virtio fs extra args pod annotation. Because the...

AZL-87269 CVE-2026-39824 affecting package kata-containers-preview 3.27.0~preview2-2

NewNTUnicodeString does not check for string length overflow. When provided with a string that overflows the maximum size of a NTUnicodeString a 16-bit number of bytes, it returns a truncated string rather than an error...

AZL-87840 CVE-2026-39821 affecting package kata-containers for versions less than 3.19.1.kata3-4

The ToASCII and ToUnicode functions incorrectly accept Punycode-encoded labels that decode to an ASCII-only label. For example, ToUnicode"xn--example-.com" incorrectly returns the name "example.com" rather than an error. This behavior can lead to privilege escalation in programs using the idna...

AZL-87846 CVE-2026-39821 affecting package kata-containers-cc for versions less than 3.15.0.aks0-12

The ToASCII and ToUnicode functions incorrectly accept Punycode-encoded labels that decode to an ASCII-only label. For example, ToUnicode"xn--example-.com" incorrectly returns the name "example.com" rather than an error. This behavior can lead to privilege escalation in programs using the idna...

CVE-2026-44210

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-05-20 08:20:32+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-rr59-xxvx-96qr...

CVE-2026-41602 affecting package kata-containers for versions less than 3.19.1.kata3-2

CVE-2026-41602 affecting package kata-containers for versions less than 3.19.1.kata3-2. A patched version of the package is available...

Improper Access Control

Kata Containers is vulnerable to Improper Access Control. The vulnerability is due to an oversight in the CopyFile policy and/or handler, which allows an untrusted host to write files to arbitrary locations within the guest workload image, enabling an attacker to overwrite binaries, compromise...

OESA-2026-2309 kata-containers-go security update

This is core component of Kata Container, to make it work, you need a isulad/docker engine. Security Fixes: A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in github.com/sirupsen/logrus when using Entry.Writer to log a single-line payload larger than 64KB without newline characters. Due to limitations i...

CVE-2026-41602 affecting package kata-containers-cc for versions less than 3.15.0.aks0-10

CVE-2026-41602 affecting package kata-containers-cc for versions less than 3.15.0.aks0-10. A patched version of the package is available...

AZL-86514 CVE-2026-33814 affecting package kata-containers-cc for versions less than 3.15.0.aks0-12

When processing HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames, transport will enter an infinite loop of writing CONTINUATION frames if it receives a SETTINGSMAXFRAMESIZE with a value of 0...

AZL-86409 CVE-2026-33814 affecting package kata-containers-preview 3.27.0~preview2-2

When processing HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames, transport will enter an infinite loop of writing CONTINUATION frames if it receives a SETTINGSMAXFRAMESIZE with a value of 0...

CVE-2026-41326

A flaw was found in Kata Containers. An oversight in the CopyFile policy and perhaps the CopyFile handler allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations inside the guest workload image. This can be used to overwrite binaries inside the guest and exfiltrate data from containers; even those...

AZL-85229 CVE-2026-41602 affecting package kata-containers-cc for versions less than 3.15.0.aks0-12

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache Thrift TFramedTransport Go language implementation This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue...

AZL-85220 CVE-2026-41602 affecting package kata-containers-preview 3.27.0~preview2-2

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache Thrift TFramedTransport Go language implementation This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue...

AZL-85226 CVE-2026-41602 affecting package kata-containers for versions less than 3.19.1.kata3-4

Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Apache Thrift TFramedTransport Go language implementation This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue...

CVE-2026-41326

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines VMs that perform like containers. From v3.4.0 to v3.28.0, an oversight in the CopyFile policy and perhaps the CopyFile handler allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations...

EUVD-2026-25611

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines VMs that perform like containers. From v3.4.0 to v3.28.0, an oversight in the CopyFile policy and perhaps the CopyFile handler allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations...

CVE-2026-41326 Kata Containers: CopyFile Policy Subversion via Symlinks

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines VMs that perform like containers. From v3.4.0 to v3.28.0, an oversight in the CopyFile policy and perhaps the CopyFile handler allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations...

CVE-2026-41326

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines VMs that perform like containers. From v3.4.0 to v3.28.0, an oversight in the CopyFile policy and perhaps the CopyFile handler allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations...