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SCA: security update for kubevirt.io/kubevirt (GHSA-828r-r2c8-rfw3)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412359

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in kubevirt 0.29 and earlier. Virtual Machine Instances (VMIs) can be used to gain access
 to the host's filesystem. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to assume the privileges of the VM
 process on the host system. In worst-case scenarios an attacker can read and modify any file on the system
 where the VMI is running. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and
 integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-14316)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-828r-r2c8-rfw3

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 412359

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14316

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14316

cwe: CWE-269