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TI-2025-13268 Aliases CVE-2025-14525GHSA-25mh-hp8x-cgrv

Kubevirt: kubevirt: vm administration denial of service via guest agent

Priority LOW 28CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

A flaw was found in kubevirt. A user within a virtual machine (VM), if the guest agent is active, can exploit this by causing the agent to report an excessive number of network interfaces. This action can overwhelm the system's ability to store VM configuration updates, effectively blocking changes to the Virtual Machine Instance (VMI). This allows the VM user to restrict the VM administrator's ability to manage the VM, leading to a denial of service for administrative operations.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00285 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4——No fix listedCNA
—kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go)up to 1.7.0—No fix listedGHSA-25mh-hp8x-cgrv
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go) Vendor— Affected up to 1.7.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-25mh-hp8x-cgrv

CPE names CNA · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:44—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4 Versions 4 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14525
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-25mh-hp8x-cgrv

References

Advisory 1

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Sources

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