CVE-2025-64435 (GCVE-0-2025-64435)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-07 22:57 – Updated: 2025-11-10 19:01
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Title
KubeVirt VMI Denial-of-Service (DoS) Using Pod Impersonation
Summary
KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.7.0-beta.0, a logic flaw in the virt-controller allows an attacker to disrupt the control over a running VMI by creating a pod with the same labels as the legitimate virt-launcher pod associated with the VMI. This can mislead the virt-controller into associating the fake pod with the VMI, resulting in incorrect status updates and potentially causing a DoS (Denial-of-Service). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.0-beta.0.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions
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kubevirt kubevirt Affected: < 1.7.0-beta.0
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