CVE-2026-13318
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 15 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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- redhat openshift virtualization4 → 4.22.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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references (6)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13318cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492659cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13318enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492659enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13318MitigationVendor Advisorynvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492659Issue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
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