Improper Authentication Affecting kubevirt-virt-controller-fips-1.6 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-KUBEVIRTVIRTCONTROLLERFIPS16-18556505
  • published6 Aug 2026
  • disclosed24 Jun 2026

Introduced: 24 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-13208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Minimos:latest kubevirt-virt-controller-fips-1.6.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kubevirt-virt-controller-fips-1.6 package and not the kubevirt-virt-controller-fips-1.6 package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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