Bug 2494142 (CVE-2026-13622) - CVE-2026-13622 kubevirt: virt-handler-rhel9: kubevirt: virt-handler migration proxy follows symlinks allowing container escape to host
Summary: CVE-2026-13622 kubevirt: virt-handler-rhel9: kubevirt: virt-handler migration...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-13622
Deadline: 2026-08-12
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-06-29 10:11 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-12 15:34 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-29 10:11:58 UTC
A symlink following vulnerability was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler migration proxy.
During live migration, the target-side virt-handler uses net.Dial("unix", "/proc/<pid>/root/...") to connect to Unix sockets inside the target virt-launcher pod. This call follows symlinks without restriction. The socket directories (/var/run/kubevirt/migrationproxy/, /var/run/libvirt/) are owned by the qemu user and writable from within the container.
An authenticated user with namespace edit and pods/exec can trigger a migration, exec into the target virt-launcher, replace a socket with a symlink to the host CRI-O socket, and proxy arbitrary CRI gRPC from the source launcher — achieving full node compromise.


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