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SCA: security update for github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers (GHSA-q49m-57vm-c8cc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441127

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. From v3.4.0 to v3.28.0, an oversight in the CopyFile policy
 (and perhaps the CopyFile handler) allows untrusted hosts to write to arbitrary locations inside the guest
 workload image. This can be used to overwrite binaries inside the guest and exfiltrate data from
 containers; even those running inside CVMs. This vulnerability is fixed in v3.29.0. (CVE-2026-41326)

Solution

Update the github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers library and its related packages to version 0.0.0-20260422180503-1b9e49eb2763 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q49m-57vm-c8cc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441127

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.98

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41326

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 5.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41326

cwe: CWE-61