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Contrast is a confidential-computing runtime for Kubernetes. (CVE-2026-100839)

0
High
Published: 09/27/2026 (09/27/2026, 03:31:04 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database

Description

Contrast is a confidential-computing runtime for Kubernetes. In versions before 1.18.0, the guest kernel's ACPI/AML handling is vulnerable to an AML injection attack ("BadAML"). ACPI tables containing AML bytecode are passed from the untrusted host (QEMU) to the guest firmware (OVMF) and on to the Linux kernel, whose AML interpreter executes them. An attacker controlling the host — an assumed adversary in Contrast's threat model — can craft a table with malicious, Turing-complete AML bytecode that the guest kernel interprets with access to the full guest memory, including private pages, resulting in arbitrary code execution and disclosure or modification of confidential guest data. The issue affects the AMD SEV-SNP platforms Metal-QEMU-SNP and Metal-QEMU-SNP-GPU; Metal-QEMU-TDX is not affected because ACPI table contents are measured into RTMR 0 by OVMF on Intel TDX. Version v1.18.0 mitigates the attack by sandboxing the kernel AML interpreter so that it cannot read or write private memory pages. This weakness is not specific to Contrast but is generic to Confidential Computing setups that expose the ACPI interface to the host.

CVSS v3.1

Score 8.4high

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
GHSA-qm93-38mp-vr3v
Osv Schema Version
1.4.0
Aliases
["CVE-2026-100839"]
Database Specific Severity
HIGH
Cvss Version
3.1

Threat ID: 6ab89bbff7a7c54106941ec3

Added to database: 09/27/2026, 04:29:51 UTC

Last updated: 09/27/2026, 04:29:51 UTC

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