Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-13318
Virt-api-rhel9: kubevirt: kubevirt: ssrf in virt-api port-forward via unvalidated guest-agent-reported ip
6.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-api port-forward handler. When processing a port-forward request to a VirtualMachineInstance (VMI), virt-api reads the target IP from vmi.Status.Interfaces[0].IP and passes it directly to net.Dial() without validation. For VMIs using non-masquerade network bindings (bridge or secondary-only), this IP is reported by the QEMU guest agent running inside the VM and is fully controllable by the VM owner. An attacker with kubevirt.io:edit permissions can create a VM with a modified guest agent that reports an arbitrary IP address, then request port-forward to establish a bidirectional TCP tunnel from virt-api's cluster-internal network position to any routable destination, bypassing NetworkPolicy isolation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% 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-2026-13318
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13318
Mitigation
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13318
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492659
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