MEDIUM 6.5 NVD
CVE-2026-102623
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 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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102623
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543219
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2026-09-29 via NVD.
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