CVE-2026-7374
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CVE-2026-7374 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.9/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
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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Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | < 1.6.6; >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.4; >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.3 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.12 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.13 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.14 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.15 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.16 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.17 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.18 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.19 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.20 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.21 | All versions |
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- Awaiting Analysis
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