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

CVSS 3.1 9.9 CRITICALEUVD CVSS 3.1 9.9 CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary 9.9 CRITICALCVSS 3.1 · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c · Secondary 9.9 CRITICALCVSS_V3 Publisher rating CRITICALFixed by kubevirt.io/kubevirt 1.8.3Fixed by kubevirt.io/kubevirt 1.7.4Fixed by kubevirt.io/kubevirt 1.6.6osv · severity unknownFixed by kubevirt.io/kubevirt 1.6.6Fixed by kubevirt.io/kubevirt 1.7.4Fixed by kubevirt.io/kubevirt 1.8.3KEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-7374

Published

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.

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euvd · EUVD-2026-31824

Published

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.

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nvd · CVE-2026-7374

Published

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.

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osv · GHSA-7jcp-v9w4-wjmg

Published

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.

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osv · GO-2026-5848

Published

KubeVirt has a Link Following vulnerability in kubevirt.io/kubevirt

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CVE-2026-7374 · CVE overview and exploitation status

EUVD-2026-31824

GHSA-7jcp-v9w4-wjmg

GO-2026-5848

cve-program · CVE-2026-7374

euvd · EUVD-2026-31824

nvd · CVE-2026-7374

osv · GHSA-7jcp-v9w4-wjmg

osv · GO-2026-5848

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