Kata Containers
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First CVE: May 19, 2020 · Active for 6 years
9
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 88% of tracked products
4.5
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 88% of tracked products
8.1
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 74% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Kata Containers over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
May 19, 2020
6 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Apr 24, 2026
95 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Kata Containers9 CVEs
22%
67%
11%
All CVEs353,173 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local6 (66.7%)
Network3 (33.3%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low9 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None9 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low7 (77.8%)
High0 (0.0%)
None2 (22.2%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
9 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-24834HIGH Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. In versions prior to 3.27.0, an | Feb 19, 2026 | 8.8 | 36 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-24054CRITICAL Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. In versions prior to 3.26.0, whe | Jan 29, 2026 | 10.0 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-41326HIGH 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 overs | Apr 24, 2026 | 8.2 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-2026HIGH A malicious guest compromised before a container creation (e.g. a malicious guest image or a guest running multiple containers) can trick the kata runtime into mounting the untrust | Jun 10, 2020 | 8.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-2025HIGH Kata Containers before 1.11.0 on Cloud Hypervisor persists guest filesystem changes to the underlying image file on the host. A malicious guest can overwrite the image file to gain | May 19, 2020 | 8.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-27151HIGH An issue was discovered in Kata Containers through 1.11.3 and 2.x through 2.0-rc1. The runtime will execute binaries given using annotations without any kind of validation. Someone | Dec 7, 2020 | 8.8 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-2023MEDIUM Kata Containers doesn't restrict containers from accessing the guest's root filesystem device. Malicious containers can exploit this to gain code execution on the guest and masquer | Jun 10, 2020 | 6.3 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-2024MEDIUM An improper link resolution vulnerability affects Kata Containers versions prior to 1.11.0. Upon container teardown, a malicious guest can trick the kata-runtime into unmounting an | May 19, 2020 | 6.5 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-28914HIGH 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 | Nov 17, 2020 | 7.1 | 22 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Kata Containers
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0.0 | 1 | 8.8 | 2.0% | 0 | 0 |