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Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-7374

CVE-2026-7374

Critical
Open
TLP:CLEAR

Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability

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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.

Details

CVSS Score
9.9
EPSS Score
0.60%

45.4th percentile

CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Confidence
90%
Published
May 26, 2026
Last Modified
Aug 14, 2026
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