Medium severity · published Nov 7, 2025
CVE-2025-64433
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.5.3 and 1.6.1, a vulnerability was discovered that allows a VM to read arbitrary files from the virt-launcher pod's file system. This issue stems from improper symlink handling when mounting PVC disks into a VM. Specifically, if a malicious user has full or partial control over the contents of a PVC, they can create a symbolic link that points to a file within the virt-launcher pod's file system. Since libvirt can treat regular files as block devices, any file on the pod's file system that is symlinked in this way can be mounted into the VM and subsequently read. Although a security mechanism exists where VMs are executed as an unprivileged user with UID 107 inside the virt-launcher container, limiting the scope of accessible resources, this restriction is bypassed due to a second vulnerability. The latter causes the ownership of any file intended for mounting to be changed to the unprivileged user with UID 107 prior to mounting. As a result, an attacker can gain access to and read arbitrary files located within the virt-launcher pod's file system or on a mounted PVC from within the guest VM. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.3 and 1.6.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KU
Kubevirt · Kubevirt
before 1.5.3; 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64433
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64433
Patch
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/09eafa068ec01eca0e96ebafeeb9522a878dbf64
Patch
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/9dc798cb1efe924a9a2b97b6e016452dec5e3849
Patch
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/a81b27d4600cf654274dd197119658382affdb08
Exploit
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-qw6q-3pgr-5cwq
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