CVE-2026-9804

HIGHPre-NVD 7.77.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-exportserver component. An attacker with specific namespace-level access can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the VMExport directory endpoint. By placing a symbolic link (symlink) within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) that points outside its designated mount root, the attacker can read arbitrary files from the exporter pod's filesystem. This leads to information disclosure, potentially exposing sensitive data.

CVSS v3
7.7
EG Score
7.7(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity77% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
42%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 28, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 5, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2482487 – (CVE-2026-9804) CVE-2026-9804 kubevirt: kubevirt: VMExport directory symlink escape enables exporter pod file read

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482487
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9804

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-9804(7)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-exportserver-rhel9:17817574102026-06-22redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-exportserver-rhel9:17819282212026-06-22redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-exportserver-rhel9:17815909932026-06-22redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-exportserver-rhel9:17818387122026-06-22redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-exportserver-rhel9:17820129182026-06-22redhat
gokubevirt.io/kubevirt—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
kubevirt.io/kubevirt———

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 195× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-08-25 05:07 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-25 05:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-08-24 13:29 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-24 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  21. 2026-08-23 13:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-22 19:29 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-22 19:29 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-22 19:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-22 18:56 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-22 18:56 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-22 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-08-21 20:25 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-08-21 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-08-20 22:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  13. 2026-08-20 11:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-17 11:43 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-17 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  28. 2026-08-17 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  34. 2026-08-17 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  37. 2026-08-16 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  40. 2026-08-16 16:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-08-16 15:12 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-16 15:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-16 02:41 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-16 02:41 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-16 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  51. 2026-08-15 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  54. 2026-08-14 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-08-14 12:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-08-14 04:35 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-08-14 04:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  63. 2026-08-13 17:38 UTCVendor advisory
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  73. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-08-12 09:30 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-12 09:30 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-9804?
CVE-2026-9804 is a high vulnerability published on May 28, 2026. A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-exportserver component. An attacker with specific namespace-level access can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the VMExport directory endpoint. By placing a symbolic link (symlink) within an exported filesystem Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) that points…
When was CVE-2026-9804 disclosed?
CVE-2026-9804 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 28, 2026, with the most recent update on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-9804 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-9804 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-9804?
CVE-2026-9804 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-9804?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-9804, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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