Database/Container, Kubernetes & orchestration
KubeVirt: Path traversal lets a user who can configure KubeVirt read arbitrary host files
CVSS 8.7CVE-2022-1798Container, Kubernetes & orchestrationcurated
Impact
Path traversal lets a user who can configure KubeVirt read arbitrary host files
Who can reach it
Cluster user with VM configuration rights
What to do
Upgrade KubeVirt; restart virt-handler DaemonSet
References
Related entries
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- KubeVirt: Symlink path traversal in the virt-exportserver VMExport directory endpointCVE-2026-9804 · KubeVirtHigh
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- KubeVirt: virt-handler service-account permissions (update VMI, patch nodes) can be abused to force VMI migrationCVE-2025-64436 · KubeVirtMedium
- KubeVirt: kubevirt-csi in OpenShift Virtualization HCP grants access to the root HCP worker node's volumeCVE-2024-1725 · KubeVirtMedium
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