A server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-api port-forward handler. When processing a port-forward request to a VirtualMachineInstance (VMI), virt-api reads the target IP from vmi.Status.Interfaces[0].IP and passes it directly to net.Dial() without validation. For VMIs using non-masquerade network bindings (bridge or secondary-only), this IP is reported by the QEMU guest agent running inside the VM and is fully controllable by the VM owner. An attacker with kubevirt.io:edit permissions can create a VM with a modified guest agent that reports an arbitrary IP address, then request port-forward to establish a bidirectional TCP tunnel from virt-api's cluster-internal network position to any routable destination, bypassing NetworkPolicy isolation.
CVE-2026-13318
Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-26. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.4
- EG Score
- 6.4(high)
- EPSS
- 6.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 26, 2026
Last Modified
July 6, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 26, 20262492659 – (CVE-2026-13318) CVE-2026-13318 virt-api-rhel9: kubevirt: KubeVirt: SSRF in virt-api port-forward via unvalidated guest-agent-reported IP
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492659Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-13318(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2026-13318Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
Virt-api-rhel9: kubevirt: kubevirt: ssrf in virt-api port-forward via unvalidated guest-agent-reported ip
- GHSA-cgm6-wvp9-4g5hGitHub Security AdvisoriesMedium
A server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-api port-forward handler....
Weakness Classification(1)
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