GHSA-q3jc-42cq-33fjMediumCVSS 4.2

KubeVirt virt-handler network cache symlink vulnerability allows arbitrary host file overwrite

Published
June 26, 2026
Last Modified
November 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler network cache handling. The writeToCachedFile function writes data to a launcher-rooted path using os.WriteFile and os.Chown without symlink protection. A user with access to the virt-launcher container can plant a symlink at the cache file path, causing virt-handler to follow it and overwrite an arbitrary host file with JSON content and change its ownership.

🎯 Affected products1

  • go/kubevirt.io/kubevirt:<= 1.10.0-rc.0

🔗 References (5)