High severity · published Jul 27, 2026
CVE-2026-17527
Virt-cdi-operator: containerized-data-importer: cdi.kubevirt.io:view aggregated clusterrole grants create on datavolumes/source, allowing unauthorized pvc clone
7.7
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In containerized-data-importer (CDI), the aggregated cdi.kubevirt.io:view ClusterRole, intended to provide read-only access to CDI resources, includes a rule granting create on the datavolumes/source subresource. CDI's DataVolume clone authorization accepts this permission as sufficient to authorize cloning the contents of any PVC the caller can name, without requiring write access to the source namespace. A user or service account bound to the view role, commonly granted cluster-wide via ClusterRoleBinding, who also has ordinary write access (edit/admin) to any single namespace, can use this to exfiltrate the contents of any PVC in the cluster into a namespace they control, bypassing namespace isolation and the read-only guarantee of the view role.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.14 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.16 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.18 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.19 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.20 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.21 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.22 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.14
Red Hat
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