Medium severity · published Jun 24, 2026
CVE-2026-13208
Kubevirt: virt-handler-rhel9: kubevirt: virt-handler notify server trusts vmi identity from unauthenticated grpc request body
6.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler domain notify server. The gRPC handlers for HandleDomainEvent and HandleK8SEvent derive the VMI identity (namespace/name) solely from the request body without validating it against the connection's origin. Each virt-launcher pod connects through a per-VMI pipe socket, but no identity tag is propagated from the pipe path to the server handlers. This allows a compromised virt-launcher process to send forged domain lifecycle events for any other VMI scheduled on the same node, causing virt-handler to erroneously update that VMI's state and disrupt its lifecycle management.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
KU
Kubevirt · Kubevirt
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
OV
Openshift Virtualization · Redhat
4 through 4.22.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13208
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13208
Mitigation
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13208
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492220
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