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-2026:0479-1
Release Date: 2026-02-12T15:34:12Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-45310 ( SUSE ): 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2024-45310 ( NVD ): 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2024-45310 ( NVD ): 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-64435 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-64435 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2025-64435 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 two vulnerabilities and has one security fix 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, virt-synchronization-controller-container fixes the following issues:

Update to version 1.7.0. (bsc#1257128)

Release notes https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/tag/v1.7.0

  • CVE-2025-64435: Fixes logic flaw in the virt-controller can lead to incorrect status updates and potentially causing a DoS (bsc#1253189 )

  • CVE-2024-45310: Fixes kubevirt vendored github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/utils: runc can be tricked into creating empty files/directories on host bsc#1257422

  • Upstream now uses stateless firmware for CoCo VMs.

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-SP7-2026-479=1

Package List:

  • Containers Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kubevirt-virtctl-1.7.0-150700.3.16.2
    • kubevirt-virtctl-debuginfo-1.7.0-150700.3.16.2
    • kubevirt-manifests-1.7.0-150700.3.16.2

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