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SCA: security update for github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/src/runtime (GHSA-wwj6-vghv-5p64)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437869
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual
Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. In versions prior to 3.27.0, an issue in Kata with Cloud
Hypervisor allows a user of the container to modify the file system used by the Guest micro VM ultimately
achieving arbitrary code execution as root in said VM. The current understanding is this doesn’t impact
the security of the Host or of other containers / VMs running on that Host (note that arm64 QEMU lacks
NVDIMM read-only support: It is believed that until the upstream QEMU gains this capability, a guest write
could reach the image file). Version 3.27.0 patches the issue. (CVE-2026-24834)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 437869
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 2/19/2026
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5
Percentile: 94.16
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24834
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.2
Threat Score: 2.4
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-24834
cwe: CWE-732