GHSA-q3jc-42cq-33fjMediumCVSS 4.2
KubeVirt virt-handler network cache symlink vulnerability allows arbitrary host file overwrite
🔗 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)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13218
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13218
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492654
- https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/blob/e63503d2f3a166f79f0891f8e1c3450eb39f88ac/pkg/network/cache/cache.go#L90-L103
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q3jc-42cq-33fj