Resource Allocation Without LimitsWeakness · CWE-770

CVE-2025-14525

MEDIUM · 6.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-26
Mitigation only
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70/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A flaw was found in kubevirt. A user within a virtual machine (VM), if the guest agent is active, can exploit this by causing the agent to report an excessive number of network interfaces. This action can overwhelm the system's ability to store VM configuration updates, effectively blocking changes to the Virtual Machine Instance (VMI). This allows the VM user to restrict the VM administrator's ability to manage the VM, leading to a denial of service for administrative operations.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

A denial-of-service vulnerability in KubeVirt allows a VM user with an active guest agent to report an excessive number of network interfaces, overwhelming the system's ability to store VM configuration updates and blocking VMI changes, effectively preventing administrators from managing the virtual machine.

MitigationImplement rate limiting or validation on network interface reports in KubeVirt, and consider disabling or restricting the guest agent if not strictly necessary for the VM's operation.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Identify KubeVirt installation and version
    Run 'kubectl get kubevirt -A -o jsonpath='{.items[*].status.kubevirtVersion}' or check the kubevirt-operator deployment version
    Affected if KubeVirt is installed and the version is within the affected range (if known)
  2. Check for VMs with guest agent configured
    Run 'kubectl get vmi -A -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{.spec.domain.devices.guestAgentTerminated}{"\n"}{end}' to list VMIs with guest agent settings
    Affected if Any VMI has a guest agent interface configured (indicating qemu-guest-agent is expected to report data)
  3. Verify guest agent is running inside VMs
    Check for guest-agent connection status by running 'kubectl get vmi -A -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{.status.guestAgentInfo}{"\n"}{end}' or inspect the 'guest-agent-connected' condition
    Affected if Guest agent is actively connected and reporting to the node
  4. Inspect network interface configuration on VMIs
    Review network interface counts via 'kubectl get vmi <name> -o jsonpath='{.spec.domain.devices.interfaces}' or check for unexpectedly high interface counts in the VMI spec
    Affected if A VMI has a large number of network interfaces reported through the guest agent

If KubeVirt is running and any VMs have an active guest agent that can report network interfaces, the environment may be vulnerable to DoS via excessive network interface reports.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement rate limiting or validation on network interface reports in KubeVirt, and consider disabling or restricting the guest agent if not strictly necessary for the VM's operation.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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