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CVE-2020-28914

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28914 describes an improper file permissions vulnerability in Kata Containers prior to version 1.11.5. This flaw allows a malicious guest to modify or delete files/directories intended to be read-only when a Kubernetes hostPath volume is mounted into a container. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, potentially leading to high integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:katacontainers:kata-containers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / kata-containers/kata-containers/pull/1062
Third Party Advisory
github.com / kata-containers/runtime/pull/3042
Third Party Advisory
github.com / kata-containers/runtime/pull/3051
Third Party Advisory
github.com / kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.11.5
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / kata-containers/runtime/releases/tag/1.12.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory