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CVE-2026-13208

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler domain notify server. The gRPC handlers for HandleDomainEvent and HandleK8SEvent derive the VMI identity (namespace/name) solely from the request body without validating it against the connection's origin. Each virt-launcher pod connects through a per-VMI pipe socket, but no identity tag is propagated from the pipe path to the server handlers. This allows a compromised virt-launcher process to send forged domain lifecycle events for any other VMI sched
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:aea239a0c7680136a067dcd79525fb8ed51b1bce98ed0e21e9a9e028f37ff88f
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:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"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:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /containers/cna/affected/0

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-rhel9","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"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:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /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-2026-13208"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2492220","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492220"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:97db062d63950166997241dd18124d9cfd4e685cb84e57bbaf305b66b4363bd9 · sha256:d75e65fdfa434e18… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

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

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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