CVE-2026-24834: Kata Container to Guest micro VM privilege escalation

Overview

Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.3)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Feb
Released
2026-02-23
Last Updated
2026-02-24
EPSS Score
0.01% (percentile: 0.6%)

Affected Products (2)

Open Source Software

  • cbl2 kata-containers 3.2.0.azl2-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 kata-containers-cc 3.2.0.azl2-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0

Revision History

  • 2026-02-23: Information published.
  • 2026-02-24: Information published.