4.9
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-13434
Virt-controller-rhel9: kubevirt: kubevirt: multus default-network annotation injection via unvalidated tenant networkname when externalnetresourceinjection is enabled
Description

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's network annotation generator. When a tenant creates a VirtualMachineInstance with a Multus network configuration, the supplied networkName value is written verbatim into the launcher pod's v1.multus-cni.io/default-network annotation without format validation or sanitization. The only admission check rejects empty strings; no DNS-1123 format validation, JSON detection, or special character rejection is performed. When the ExternalNetResourceInjection Beta feature gate is enabled (off by default, cluster-admin only), the NAD lookup that would otherwise catch malformed names is skipped by design. A tenant with kubevirt.io:edit permissions can inject a JSON-formatted NetworkSelectionElement array specifying an arbitrary namespace, NAD name, static IP address, and MAC address. Multus on the node parses this JSON and attaches the launcher pod to the specified network attachment in any namespace, enabling cross-namespace network access and IP/MAC impersonation on network segments normally segregated from tenant workloads. The ExternalNetResourceInjection feature gate was introduced in KubeVirt v1.8.0 (first shipped in OpenShift Virtualization 4.21).

INFO

Published Date :

June 26, 2026, 4 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 26, 2026, 4 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

redhat
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-13434 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat openshift_virtualization
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Disable ExternalNetResourceInjection feature or restrict editing permissions to prevent network annotation manipulation.
  • Disable the ExternalNetResourceInjection feature gate.
  • Restrict 'kubevirt.io:edit' permissions.
  • Validate network names for proper format.
  • Update KubeVirt to the latest version.

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