CVE-2026-102623 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-102623: Kubevirt: kubevirt: virt-controller nil-pointer dereference via malformed ephemeral volume

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4
Weakness CWE-476
Published September 29, 2026
Last update September 29, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in KubeVirt. An authenticated user with permission to create Virtual Machine Instances (VMIs) can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting a virtual machine definition with an empty ephemeral volume. The virt-controller component fails to properly validate the volume configuration, leading to an unhandled exception and application crash during processing. Because the malformed definition persists in the cluster, the controller enters a continuous crash loop, disrupting virtual machine lifecycle operations across the entire environment.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 29, 2026 CVE published
September 29, 2026 Record updated