What is CVE-2026-50540?

CVE-2026-50540 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Critical severity. Kata Containers: Config Path Annotation Arbitrary File Loading

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-50540 cover?

CVE-2026-50540 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-50540. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-50540?

CVE-2026-50540 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-50540?

CVE-2026-50540 affects 2 products, including: azl3 kata-containers 3.32.0.kata0-2 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 kata-containers-cc 3.15.0.aks0-16 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2026-50540CriticalCVSS 9.6

Kata Containers: Config Path Annotation Arbitrary File Loading

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

August 14, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-50540 →

🎯 Affected products2

azl3 kata-containers 3.32.0.kata0-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 kata-containers-cc 3.15.0.aks0-16 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 3.32.0.kata0-3

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50540
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade