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SCA: security update for kubevirt.io/kubevirt (GHSA-ggp9-c99x-54gp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436002

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-64434)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ggp9-c99x-54gp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436002

Version: Revision 1.12

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/8/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64434

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64434

cwe: CWE-287