CVE-2025-64434: KubeVirt's Improper TLS Certificate Management Handling Allows API Identity Spoofing
(updated )
Due to improper TLS certificate management, a compromised virt-handler could impersonate virt-api by using its own TLS credentials, allowing it to initiate privileged operations against another virt-handler.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggp9-c99x-54gp
- github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt
- github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/231dc69723f331dc02f65a31ab4c3d6869f40d6a
- github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/af2f08a9a186eccc650f87c30ab3e07b669e8b5b
- github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/commit/b9773bc588e6e18ece896a2dad5336ef7a653074
- github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-ggp9-c99x-54gp
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64434
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