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2 vulnerabilities found for Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.19 by Red Hat
CVE-2026-9804 (GCVE-0-2026-9804)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 08:15 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:10
VLAI?
Title
Kubevirt: kubevirt: vmexport directory symlink escape enables exporter pod file read
Summary
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-exportserver component. An attacker with specific namespace-level access can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the VMExport directory endpoint. By placing a symbolic link (symlink) within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) that points outside its designated mount root, the attacker can read arbitrary files from the exporter pod's filesystem. This leads to information disclosure, potentially exposing sensitive data.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.17 |
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Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Thai Son Dinh, GitHub: @sondt99 (VinSOC) for reporting this issue.
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CVE-2026-7374 (GCVE-0-2026-7374)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 13:14 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:10
VLAI?
Title
Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability
Summary
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacing the console socket with a symlink to the host's container runtime (CRI-O) socket, an attacker can hijack virt-handler's privileged connection. This enables the attacker to access any Unix socket on the host, potentially leading to full control of the node and the entire cluster.
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
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This issue was discovered by Sarah Bennert (Red Hat) and Stoyan Nikolov (Red Hat).
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