Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting virt-handler package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-VIRTHANDLER-9847631
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed7 Jan 2020

Introduced: 7 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-1701  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 virt-handler.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream virt-handler package and not the virt-handler package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the KubeVirt main virt-handler versions before 0.26.0 regarding the access permissions of virt-handler. An attacker with access to create VMs could attach any secret within their namespace, allowing them to read the contents of that secret.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1