CVE-2020-28914
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a...
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.1
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
- Record
CVE-2020-28914- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
- Record
CVE-2020-28914- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-21305 No score
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
- Record
EUVD-2020-21305- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6w62-mvw6-xggx No score
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a...
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
- Record
GHSA-6w62-mvw6-xggx- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.1
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.
- Record
CVE-2020-28914- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2021-1084
7.1
kata-containers security update
This is core component of Kata Container, to make it work, you need a isulad/docker engine.
Security Fix(es):
An improper file permissions vulnerability affects Kata Containers prior to 1.11.5. When using a Kubernetes hostPath volume and mounting either a file or directory into a container as readonly, the file/directory is mounted as readOnly inside the container, but is still writable inside the guest. For a container breakout situation, a malicious guest can potentially modify or delete files/directories expected to be read-only.(CVE-2020-28914)
- Record
OESA-2021-1084- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kata-containersopenEuler:20.03-LTS |
before v1.11.1-8.oe1 | v1.11.1-8.oe1 |
kata-containersopenEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1 |
before v1.11.1-8.oe1 | v1.11.1-8.oe1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-28914 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Katacontainers Kata-containers, published November 17, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. Fixed in kata-containers v1.11.1-8.oe1.
References
github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/1062
github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3042
github.com/kata-containers/runtime/pull/3051
github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0
github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28914
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6w62-mvw6-xggx
openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1084