CVE record · CVE-2026-13201

Kubevirt: virt-handler-rhel9: kubevirt: safepath symlink following in virt-handler enables notify socket hijacking and node-level vm disruption

CVSS 7.3 HighEPSS 0.0031 · 23rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 24 Jun 2026, 20:39 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.12 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1791522624 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.13 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1786346596 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.14 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1786309624 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.15 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1786347656 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.16 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1786030071 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.17 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1786348529 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.18 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1786130068 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.19 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1786334215 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.20 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1785831334 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.21 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1785829701 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Container Native Virtualization 4.22 Package name: container-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 1785140336 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-13201
CNA
redhat
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-61
Published
24 Jun 2026
Updated
12 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.3 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:H CNA (redhat)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0031, the 23rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Jun 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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