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CVE-2026-13218

24
FAUCET Score

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.

First published: Jun 25, 2026Last modified: Jun 26, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubevirt:kubevirt:-:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:*
>= 4, <= 4.22.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
1.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0011 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Jun/CVE-2026-13218Moderate

Kubevirt: kubevirt: symlink following in writetocachedfile allows host file overwrite from virt-launcher

Jun 9, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-13218
Vendor AdvisoryMitigation
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory