CVE-2026-7374

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-05-26. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
9.9
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 9.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacing the console socket with a symlink to the host's container runtime (CRI-O) socket, an attacker can hijack virt-handler's privileged connection. This enables the attacker to access any Unix socket on the host, potentially leading to full control of the node and the entire cluster.

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(medium)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: 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
Severity99% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
44.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 26, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (12)

Auto-updated Jul 24, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20975
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20890
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20886
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20866
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20825
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20782
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20767
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20763
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20736
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20720
redhat

2463728 – (CVE-2026-7374) CVE-2026-7374 kubevirt: KubeVirt virt-handler: Privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463728
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7374

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-7374(12)

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

Patch Availability(10)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler:17793753762026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17788599772026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17788612742026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17791749252026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17788871552026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17792890712026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17794200692026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17789998812026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17793215992026-05-26redhat
redhatcontainer-native-virtualization/virt-handler-rhel9:17792887372026-05-26redhat

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—1.8.3—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 74× 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. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-7374?
CVE-2026-7374 is a critical vulnerability published on May 26, 2026. A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacing the console socket with a symlink to…
When was CVE-2026-7374 disclosed?
CVE-2026-7374 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 26, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-7374 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-7374 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 44.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-7374?
CVE-2026-7374 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-7374?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-7374, 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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