Security update for kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-exportproxy-container, virt-exportserver-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-t

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:4330-1
Release Date: 2025-12-09T11:34:00Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-22872 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
  • CVE-2025-22872 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-22872 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-64324 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-64324 ( SUSE ): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-64324 ( NVD ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-64324 ( NVD ): 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-64432 ( SUSE ): 5.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-64432 ( SUSE ): 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64432 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64432 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64433 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-64433 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2025-64433 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2025-64434 ( SUSE ): 5.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-64434 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64434 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64434 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64437 ( SUSE ): 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-64437 ( SUSE ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-64437 ( NVD ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
  • Containers Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-exportproxy-container, virt-exportserver-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-tools-container, virt-operator-container, virt-pr-helper-container fixes the following issues:

Updated kubevirt to version 1.6.3:

  • CVE-2025-22872: Fixed incorrect interpretation of tags leading content to be placed wrong scope during DOM construction in golang.org/x/net/html (bsc#1241772)
  • CVE-2025-64432: Fixed bypass of RBAC controls due to incorrect validation of certain fields in the client TLS certificate (bsc#1253181)
  • CVE-2025-64433: Fixed arbitrary files read via improper symlink handling (bsc#1253185)
  • CVE-2025-64434: Fixed privilege escalation via virt-api impersonification due to compromise virt-handler instance (bsc#1253186)
  • CVE-2025-64437: Fixed mishandling of symlinks (bsc#1253194)
  • CVE-2025-64324: Fixed a logic bug that allows an attacker to read and write arbitrary files owned by more privileged users (bsc#1253748)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Containers Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP7-2025-4330=1

Package List:

  • Containers Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kubevirt-virtctl-debuginfo-1.6.3-150700.3.13.1
    • kubevirt-virtctl-1.6.3-150700.3.13.1
    • kubevirt-manifests-1.6.3-150700.3.13.1

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