SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-exportproxy-container, virt-exportserver-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-tools-container, virt-operator-container, virt-pr-helper-container, virt-synchronization-controller-container (SUSE-SU-2026:0479-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 298915

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0479-1 advisory.

Update to version 1.7.0. (bsc#1257128)

Release notes https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/tag/v1.7.0

- CVE-2025-64435: Fixes logic flaw in the virt-controller can lead to incorrect status updates and potentially causing a DoS (bsc#1253189 )
- CVE-2024-45310: Fixes kubevirt vendored github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/utils: runc can be tricked into creating empty files/directories on host bsc#1257422

- Upstream now uses stateless firmware for CoCo VMs.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kubevirt-manifests and / or kubevirt-virtctl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 298915

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0479-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/13/2026

Updated: 2/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45310

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kubevirt-virtctl, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kubevirt-manifests

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45310, CVE-2025-64435

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0479-1

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