CVE-2025-64434
MEDIUMkubevirt < 1.5.3 - Improper Authentication via Shared Credentials
Title source: llmDescription
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.5.3 and 1.6.1, due to the peer verification logic in virt-handler (via verifyPeerCert), an attacker who compromises a virt-handler instance, could exploit these shared credentials to impersonate virt-api and execute privileged operations against other virt-handler instances potentially compromising the integrity and availability of the VM managed by it. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.3 and 1.6.1.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-ggp9-c99x-54gp
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/231dc69723f331dc02f65a31ab4c3d6869f40d6a
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/af2f08a9a186eccc650f87c30ab3e07b669e8b5b
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (3)
kubevirt/kubevirt
1.6.0
kubevirt/kubevirt
< 1.5.3
kubevirt.io/kubevirt
0 - 1.5.3Go
Published
Nov 07, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026