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 oversight in the CopyFile policy (and perhaps the CopyFile handler) allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations inside the guest workload image. This can be used to overwrite binaries inside the guest and exfiltrate data from containers; even those running inside CVMs. This vulnerability is fixed in v3.29.0.
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| Description | 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 oversight in the CopyFile policy (and perhaps the CopyFile handler) allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations inside the guest workload image. This can be used to overwrite binaries inside the guest and exfiltrate data from containers; even those running inside CVMs. This vulnerability is fixed in v3.29.0. | |
| Title | Kata Containers: CopyFile Policy Subversion via Symlinks | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-61 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-04-24T18:46:21.993Z
Reserved: 2026-04-20T14:01:46.672Z
Link: CVE-2026-41326
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-24T19:17:12.253
Modified: 2026-04-24T19:17:12.253
Link: CVE-2026-41326
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