HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-77176

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.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
8.1
epss_score
0.00411
cve_id
CVE-2026-77176
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
published_at
2026-08-20T17:19:49.773
last_modified
2026-09-01T12:17:47.290
epss_percentile
0.34287

Related Entities (3)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]External Control of File Name or Path

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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