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.
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Information
Published : 2026-05-26 14:16
Updated : 2026-05-28 03:16
NVD link : CVE-2026-7374
Mitre link : CVE-2026-7374
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-7374
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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
