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

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KubeVirt has a Link Following issue

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...

AZL-89196 CVE-2026-9804 affecting package kubevirt for versions less than 1.8.4-1

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...

CVE-2026-9804

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...

CVE-2026-9804

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...

Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the virt-exportserver process. An attacker can access sensitive files from the exporter pod's filesystem by placing a symbolic link within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim PVC that points outside its...

Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the virt-exportserver process. An attacker can access sensitive files from the exporter pod's filesystem by placing a symbolic link within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim PVC that points outside its...

PT-2026-44221

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KubeVirt versions prior to 1.8.3-1.1 Description A path traversal flaw exists in the virt-exportserver component. An attacker with namespace-level access can exploit the 'VMExport directory' endpoint by placing a symbolic link symlink within a...

PT-2026-55143

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...

CVE-2026-9804: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

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...

KubeVirt has a Link Following vulnerability

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...

GHSA-7JCP-V9W4-WJMG KubeVirt has a Link Following vulnerability

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...

AZL-89193 CVE-2026-7374 affecting package kubevirt for versions less than 1.7.1-7

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...

CVE-2026-7374

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...

CVE-2026-7374

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...

EUVD-2026-31824

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...

CVE-2026-7374 Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability

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...

CVE-2026-7374

CVE-2026-7374 describes a vulnerability in KubeVirt’s virt-handler where improper symlink validation during VM console socket connections allows an authenticated OpenShift user with namespace-level edit permissions to hijack virt-handler’s privileged connection. By substituting the console socket...

CVE-2026-7374 Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability

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...

CVE-2026-7374 Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability

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...