Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKUBEVIRTKUBEVIRT-13863540
  • published9 Nov 2025
  • disclosed7 Nov 2025
  • creditMihail Kirov, Sébastien Rollands

Introduced: 7 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-64436  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-276  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Default Permissions due to excessive permissions granted to the virt-handler service account. An attacker can initiate unauthorized migrations of virtual machine instances to attacker-controlled nodes or mark all nodes as unschedulable by abusing these permissions.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1