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9.9 CriticalCWE-59
CVE-2026-7374

Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability

Red HatRed Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.12

Status
  • Not in CISA KEV
  • Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 25 Oct
0.7%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 54% of scored CVEs

SeverityCVSS
9.9Critical

Description NVD

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.

Coverage 1 article · 1 outlet

First in our coverage: SecurityOnline, 29 MayRSS feed
  1. CVE-2026-7374 flaw lets attackers escape KubeVirt namespacesSecurityOnline · first in our coverage

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