GHSA-7jcp-v9w4-wjmg KubeVirt has a Link Following vulnerability

• Go kubevirt.io/kubevirt: >= 1.8.0-alpha.0, < 1.8.3 → fixed in 1.8.3 • Go kubevirt.io/kubevirt: >= 1.7.0-alpha.0, < 1.7.4 → fixed in 1.7.4 • Go kubevirt.io/kubevirt: < 1.6.6 → fixed in 1.6.6

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacing the console socket with a symlink to the host's container runtime (CRI-O) socket, an attacker can hijack virt-handler's privileged connection. This enables the attacker to access any Unix socket on the host, potentially leading to full control of the node and the entire cluster.