CVE-2026-41326
high
CVSS v3
8.2
CVSS v4 NEW
8.2
VIR risk
8.2
Description
Kata Container has CopyFile Policy Subversion via Symlinks
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers | <0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763 | 0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763 |
| GO | github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers | < 0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763 | 0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| katacontainers | confidential_containers | {"startIncluding":"0.9.0","endExcluding":"0.20.0"} | 0.20.0 |
| katacontainers | kata_containers | {"startIncluding":"3.4.0","endExcluding":"3.29.0"} | 3.29.0 |
References
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/commit/1b9e49eb2763aa6ea6a99b276d3ff5e2c7f658f2
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-q49m-57vm-c8cc
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/13/2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41326
- https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q49m-57vm-c8cc
CWEs
CWE-61
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.