kubevirt allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted command

published 2024-05-02 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-4q63-mr2m-57hf , GO-2024-2816 , EUVD-2024-1417

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue in kubevirt kubevirt v1.2.0 and before allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted command to get the token component.

Patch / fix

distros 3

suse opensuse azure linux

kubevirt SLE Module for Containers 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 1.1.1-150600.5.3.2
kubevirt SLE Module for Containers 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.1.1-150500.8.18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2318-1 SUSE-SU-2024:2246-1

kubevirt1.8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.3-1.1
kubevirt-1.8 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.3-1.1
kubevirt openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.2-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11091-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11057-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14058-1

kubevirt CBL-Mariner 2.0 0.59.0-30
kubevirt Azure Linux 3.0 1.5.0-2

azure linux advisories AZL-64787 AZL-64791

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-03)

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
GitHub	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
go	kubevirt.io/kubevirt	<=1.2.0 all versions	no fix listed

Affected products

kubevirt kubevirt

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

gist.github.com /HouqiyuA/1b75e23ece7ad98490aec1c887bdf49b
web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33394
advisory
github.com /kubevirt/kubevirt
package
github.com /advisories/GHSA-4q63-mr2m-57hf
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary