CVE-2026-13318 (GCVE-0-2026-13318)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 23:23 – Updated: 2026-06-26 12:35
VLAI
Title
Virt-api-rhel9: kubevirt: kubevirt: ssrf in virt-api port-forward via unvalidated guest-agent-reported ip
Summary
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.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-26 12:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1062 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492659 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4     cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4
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Date Public
2026-06-25 00:00
Credits
This issue was discovered by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala (Red Hat).
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