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Fencer Vulns
high 8.5

CVE-2025-14459 json

Virt-cdi-controller: unauthorized pvc cloning via dataimportcron

published 2026-01-26 9 mo ago modified 2026-07-15 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-206337

cvss
8.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in KubeVirt Containerized Data Importer (CDI). This vulnerability allows a user to clone PersistentVolumeClaims (PVCs) from unauthorized namespaces, resulting in unauthorized access to data via the DataImportCron PVC source mechanism.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19 v4.19.17-3, v4.19.17-4, v4.19.17-5, v4.19.17-6, v4.19.17-7, v4.19.17-8, v4.19.17-9, v4.19.17-11, v4.19.17-12, v4.19.17-19, v4.19.17-85, v4.19.17-88, v4.19.17.rhel9-82
  • kubevirt Azure Linux 3.0 1.7.0-1

azure linux advisories AZL-75446

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

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-14459 updated cvss 8.5

virt-cdi-controller: Unauthorized PVC Cloning via DataImportCron

  • Red Hat CNV 4.19 for RHEL 9 container-native-virtualization/virt-api-rhel9 v4.19.17-9, container-native-virtualization/pr-helper-rhel9 v4.19.17-9, container-native-virtualization/aaq-server-rhel9 v4.19.17-5, container-native-virtualization/virtio-win-rhel9 v4.19.17-4, container-native-virtualization/wasp-agent-rhel9 v4.19.17-5, container-native-virtualization/kubemacpool-rhel9 v4.19.17-5, +48 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:0950
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 container-native-virtualization/virt-cdi-controller
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
CISA ADP 3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

Sources

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