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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.12 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.13 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.14 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.15 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.16 | Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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