CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-64434

Improper Authentication

Published: Nov 07, 2025 | Modified: Nov 25, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
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KubeVirt is a virtual machine management add-on for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.5.3 and 1.6.1, due to the peer verification logic in virt-handler (via verifyPeerCert), an attacker who compromises a virt-handler instance, could exploit these shared credentials to impersonate virt-api and execute privileged operations against other virt-handler instances potentially compromising the integrity and availability of the VM managed by it. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.3 and 1.6.1.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KubevirtKubevirt*1.5.3 (excluding)
KubevirtKubevirt1.6.0 (including)1.6.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References