Medium severity · published Nov 7, 2025
CVE-2025-64437
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes
5.0
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes. In versions before 1.5.3 and 1.6.1, the virt-handler does not verify whether the launcher-sock is a symlink or a regular file. This oversight can be exploited, for example, to change the ownership of arbitrary files on the host node to the unprivileged user with UID 107 (the same user used by virt-launcher) thus, compromising the CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability) of data on the host. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker should be in control of the file system of the virt-launcher pod. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.3 and 1.6.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% 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 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64437
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64437
Patch
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/3ce9f41c54d04a65f10b23a46771391c00659afb
Patch
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/8644dbe0d04784b0bfa8395b91ecbd6001f88f6b
Patch
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/f59ca63133f25de8fceb3e2a0e5cc0b7bdb6a265
Exploit
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-2r4r-5x78-mvqf
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