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CVE-2026-13201

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's safepath package used by virt-handler. The OpenAtNoFollow function uses O_PATH|O_NOFOLLOW to obtain a file descriptor to a path leaf, but downstream operations resolve the path via /proc/self/fd/N using link-following syscalls. When the leaf is a symlink, the kernel dereferences it, defeating the intended no-follow protection. An attacker with access to a virt-launcher pod can exploit this to redirect virt-handler's IPC socket connections, including the notify sock
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:3b5eee366574b897db9326d1f847a03cc50261a8e1793173ebf3e68cab7eb547
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"container-native-virtualization/virt-handler","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-61","description":"UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13201"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2492203","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492203"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:727c33b937f230bc138ca25d4d189c184ffbebe67a3e6aa5ef7ff8f567e7ccbf · sha256:948326b31af77d92… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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