A flaw was found in Kata Containers. In configurations utilizing genpolicy for Confidential Containers guest protection, a malicious host operator can exploit insufficient validation of CreateContainer mount and storage rules. This allows them to mount arbitrary container-rootfs paths over sensitive host locations or provision arbitrary content, potentially exposing confidential information or enabling the acceptance of attacker-controlled input.

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Redhat openshift Container Platform
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Container Platform

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Description A flaw was found in Kata Containers. In configurations utilizing genpolicy for Confidential Containers guest protection, a malicious host operator can exploit insufficient validation of CreateContainer mount and storage rules. This allows them to mount arbitrary container-rootfs paths over sensitive host locations or provision arbitrary content, potentially exposing confidential information or enabling the acceptance of attacker-controlled input.
Title Kata-containers: insufficient validation of createcontainer mount and storage rules in genpolicy
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-73
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-21T15:52:25.204Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T15:20:04.340Z

Link: CVE-2026-77176

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T23:07:19.377Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T17:19:49.773

Modified: 2026-08-21T16:18:22.423

Link: CVE-2026-77176

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-08-20T12:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-77176 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T13:01:26Z

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