CVE-2026-13325

HIGH

Virt-handler-rhel9: kubevirt: kubevirt: disabletls migration setting removes authentication, exposing unauthenticated virtqemud proxy on all interfaces

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's migration proxy. When spec.configuration.migrations.disableTLS is set to true on the KubeVirt custom resource, the target virt-handler binds a plain TCP listener on all interfaces (0.0.0.0/::) on a random port with no authentication, peer allow-list, or handshake token. This listener proxies directly into the target virt-launcher's virtqemud control socket. An attacker with a running pod on the cluster network can connect to this listener and issue unfiltered libvirt RPC commands against another tenant's virtual machine, including reading VM memory and configuration, modifying VM state via QMP, or destroying the VM. The bind address is unconditionally 0.0.0.0 — configuring a dedicated migration network via migrations.network only changes the advertised migration IP, not the listener bind address, so the port remains reachable on the pod network even when a dedicated migration network is configured. The API documentation describes disableTLS as removing "the additional layer of live migration encryption" without disclosing that it also removes all mutual authentication.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13325
Issue Tracking, X_Refsource_Redhat issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
RHBZ#2493378
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2493378

Scores

CVSS v3 8.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (3)
kubevirt/kubevirt
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
redhat/openshift_virtualization 4 - 4.22.0
Published Jun 26, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 26, 2026