A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-exportserver component. An attacker with specific namespace-level access can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the VMExport directory endpoint. By placing a symbolic link (symlink) within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) that points outside its designated mount root, the attacker can read arbitrary files from the exporter pod's filesystem. This leads to information disclosure, potentially exposing sensitive data.
History

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-exportserver component. An attacker with specific namespace-level access can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the VMExport directory endpoint. By placing a symbolic link (symlink) within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) that points outside its designated mount root, the attacker can read arbitrary files from the exporter pod's filesystem. This leads to information disclosure, potentially exposing sensitive data.
Title Kubevirt: kubevirt: vmexport directory symlink escape enables exporter pod file read
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat container Native Virtualization
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat container Native Virtualization
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-05-28T08:15:39.779Z

Updated: 2026-05-30T01:54:43.739Z

Reserved: 2026-05-28T06:10:07.134Z

Link: CVE-2026-9804

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-30T01:54:38.515Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-28T09:16:49.500

Modified: 2026-05-28T13:44:54.327

Link: CVE-2026-9804

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-28T06:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-9804 - Bugzilla