HIGH 7.7
GHSA-mpmf-3w4r-qfpf
KubeVirt has a Link Following issue
Details
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 outside its designated mount root, the attacker can read arbitrary files from the exporter pod's filesystem. This leads to information disclosure, potentially exposing sensitive data.
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Affected packages
Go / kubevirt.io/kubevirt
Introduced in:
0 No fixed version published yet for kubevirt.io/kubevirt (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9804 [ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/6ea563fa94d8ca803f8dd9394cefd8cae36bb0ee [WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27903 [WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27913 [WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27914 [WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27983 [WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28002 [WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9804 [WEB]
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482487 [WEB]
- https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt [PACKAGE]
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9804.json [WEB]