CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-26891

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.75%

52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Container Execution Agent. The description lacks technical details, but the vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges in a container environment.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is potential privilege escalation in the container environment, which could lead to isolation breach and compromise of containers or the host.

Recommendation

It is recommended to urgently apply security updates for Windows Container Execution Agent to prevent exploitation.

Other vulnerabilities in Windows Container Execution Agent

Original NVD description (English source)

Windows Container Execution Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS