Data exposure via mount policy mismatch
Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Mount validation flaw in Kata Containers for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform allows authenticated attackers to expose or inject data via CreateContainer requests. In genpolicy, the Rego allow_mount and allow_storage rules treated image_guest_pull storages and emptyDir-style mounts as equivalent, so attacker-supplied CreateContainer mount and storage entries could satisfy trusted policy checks without validating an expected rootfs path or legitimate block-storage source. Exposure is limited to Confidential Containers deployments that use genpolicy to protect the guest from the host; Kata sandboxing is not affected, but a malicious host operator can remap rootfs paths onto trusted locations such as service-account mounts or seed attacker-controlled content in guest paths such as /dev/shm and /dev/termination-log.
Summary
What happened
Mount validation flaw in Kata Containers for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform allows authenticated attackers to expose or inject data via CreateContainer requests. In genpolicy, the Rego allow_mount and allow_storage rules treated image_guest_pull storages and emptyDir-style mounts as equivalent, so attacker-supplied CreateContainer mount and storage entries could satisfy trusted policy checks without validating an expected rootfs path or legitimate block-storage source. Exposure is limited to Confidential Containers deployments that use genpolicy to protect the guest from the host; Kata sandboxing is not affected, but a malicious host operator can remap rootfs paths onto trusted locations such as service-account mounts or seed attacker-controlled content in guest paths such as /dev/shm and /dev/termination-log.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-77176
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- 389 Directory Server
- Product
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
- Classifications
- CWE-1289, CWE-73
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Aug 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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