CVE-2026-13208
Kubevirt: virt-handler-rhel9: kubevirt: virt-handler notify server trusts vmi identity from unauthenticated grpc request body
MEDIUM 6.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler domain notify server. The gRPC handlers for HandleDomainEvent and HandleK8SEvent derive the VMI identity (namespace/name) solely from the request body without validating it against the connection's origin. Each virt-launcher pod connects through a per-VMI pipe socket, but no identity tag is propagated from the pipe path to the server handlers. This allows a compromised virt-launcher process to send forged domain lifecycle events for any other VMI scheduled on the same node, causing virt-handler to erroneously update that VMI's state and disrupt its lifecycle management.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-39087
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-13208
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:kubevirt:kubevirt:-:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 4 ≤ 4.22.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |