Answer in brief
CVE-2026-13208 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Kubevirt: virt-handler-rhel9: kubevirt: virt-handler notify server trusts vmi identity from unauthenticated grpc request body. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/container-native-virtualization/virt-handler (generic), Red Hat/container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Red Hat/container-native-virtualization/virt-handler (generic), Red Hat/container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:kubevirt:kubevirt:-:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/container-native-virtualization/virt-handlergeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9generic | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 24, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 24, 2026
A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler domain notify server. The gRPC handlers for HandleDomainEvent and HandleK8SEvent derive the VMI identity (namespace/name) solely from the request body without validating it against the connection's origin. Each virt-launcher pod connects through a per-VMI pipe socket, but no identity tag is propagated from the pipe path to the server handlers. This allows a compromised virt-launcher process to send forged domain lifecycle events for any other VMI scheduled on the same node, causing virt-handler to erroneously update that VMI's state and disrupt its lifecycle management.
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