Kubevirt: kubevirt: vmexport directory symlink escape enables exporter pod file read
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.7epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 59% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-exportserver component. An attacker with specific namespace-level access can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the VMExport directory endpoint. By placing a symbolic link (symlink) within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) that points outside its designated mount root, the attacker can read arbitrary files from the exporter pod's filesystem. This leads to information disclosure, potentially exposing sensitive data.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.17Red Hat · Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.18Red Hat · Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.19Red Hat · Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.2Red Hat · Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.21Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27903https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27913https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27914https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27983https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28002https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9804https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482487https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-9804.json