Virt-cdi-operator: containerized-data-importer: cdi.kubevirt.io:view aggregated clusterrole grants create on datavolumes/source, allowing unauthorized pvc clone

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-17527
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-27 10:16:37 UTC
Updated2026-07-27 19:17:15 UTC
DescriptionIn containerized-data-importer (CDI), the aggregated cdi.kubevirt.io:view ClusterRole, intended to provide read-only access to CDI resources, includes a rule granting create on the datavolumes/source subresource. CDI's DataVolume clone authorization accepts this permission as sufficient to authorize cloning the contents of any PVC the caller can name, without requiring write access to the source namespace. A user or service account bound to the view role, commonly granted cluster-wide via ClusterRoleBinding, who also has ordinary write access (edit/admin) to any single namespace, can use this to exfiltrate the contents of any PVC in the cluster into a namespace they control, bypassing namespace isolation and the read-only guarantee of the view role.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-639 | CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS7.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 Not specified Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 Not specified Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17527 [email protected] access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2026-07-27T08:41:37.809ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2026-07-27T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

Workarounds

CNA: Until a fix is available, cluster administrators should avoid granting cdi.kubevirt.io:view (or the built-in Kubernetes view role, which aggregates it) via cluster-wide ClusterRoleBinding. Prefer namespace-scoped RoleBindings, and audit which namespaces grant both view-equivalent access and separate edit/admin access to the same identities, since that combination is what enables cross-namespace data exfiltration.

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