KubeVirt virt-api port-forward handler vulnerable to SSRF via guest-controlled VMI IP address
GHSA-cgm6-wvp9-4g5h · CVE-2026-13318
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Description
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.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13318
- WEB https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/pull/18753
- WEB https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/0f5fef3309417f454565412f56f571f48358853f
- WEB https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/df419a0f20aa7ddc9f4512431c3aed9a642ad1e1
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13318
- WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492659
- PACKAGE https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt
- WEB https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/tag/v1.10.0-rc.0
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