kata-containers Kata Containers up to 3.20.x unusual condition

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in kata-containers Kata Containers up to 3.20.x. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to unusual condition. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-58354. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in kata-containers Kata Containers up to 3.20.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unusual condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-754. The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. In Kata Containers versions from 3.20.0 and before, a malicious host can circumvent initdata verification. On TDX systems running confidential guests, a malicious host can selectively fail IO operations to skip initdata verification. This allows an attacker to launch arbitrary workloads while being able to attest successfully to Trustee impersonating any benign workload. This issue has been patched in Kata Containers version 3.21.0.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-58354 since 08/29/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 3.21.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3e67f92e34be974e792c153add76e4e4baac9de0 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• kata-containers

Name

• Kata Containers

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20

License

• open-source

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