CVE-2026-44210

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.85.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 76% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. Versions prior to 3.31.0 ship with a default configuration that allows pod creators to inject arbitrary command-line arguments into the virtiofsd process through the io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.virtio_fs_extra_args pod annotation. By injecting -o source=/ along with --no-announce-submounts and --sandbox=none, an attacker can override the virtiofsd shared directory to serve the entire host root filesystem into the guest VM. Combined with the kernel_params annotation (also enabled by default) to activate the agent debug console, the attacker can mount the host filesystem from inside the VM and read or write any file on the host, including /etc/shadow. Version 3.31.0 patches the issue.

CVSS v3
5.8
EG Score
5.8(medium)
EG Risk
57(Attend)
EG Risk 57/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity58% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 26, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 25, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

VM Escape via virtiofsd Argument Injection through Default-Enabled Pod Annotations · Advisory · kata-containers/kata-containers · GitHub

https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/security/advisories/GHSA-rr59-xxvx-96qr
github_commit

commit ffa59ce3aa78 (kata-containers/kata-containers)

Fix landed in kata-containers/kata-containers commit ffa59ce3aa78 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/commit/ffa59ce3aa7877d067c9a372df0c329a23a01744

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44210(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers—0.0.0-20260519062212-ffa59ce3aa78—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 9× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-26 07:41 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-23 17:53 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.80
  8. 2026-07-23 17:51 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.8 · CVSS v4 → 5.8
  9. 2026-07-23 03:14 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-05-27 00:14 UTCEG score recompute

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44210?
CVE-2026-44210 is a medium vulnerability published on May 26, 2026. Kata Containers is an open source project focusing on a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that perform like containers. Versions prior to 3.31.0 ship with a default configuration that allows pod creators to inject arbitrary command-line arguments into the virtiofsd…
When was CVE-2026-44210 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44210 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 26, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44210 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44210 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 75.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44210?
CVE-2026-44210 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44210?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44210, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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