Vulnerability intelligence

CVE-2026-77176

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 CWE-73

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.

CVSS Score

8.1

High

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.5%

Riskier than 39% of all CVEs · checked 2026-10-04

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV does not include every exploited vulnerability

Remediation

unknown

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