CVE-2026-7374CRITICAL 9.9EPSS p41.3%
CVE-2026-7374CVE-2026-7374
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.9 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.54% probability of exploitation · percentile 41.3% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-05-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-05-26 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')cwe-59 | 0% | live |
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