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Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in other words, vibe-coded. Secure Annex researcher John Tuckner, who flagged the extension "susvsex," said it does not attempt to hide its malicious functionality. The extension was uploaded on

### Summary _Short summary of the problem. Make the impact and severity as clear as possible. It is possible to trick the `virt-handler` component into changing the ownership of arbitrary files on the host node to the unprivileged user with UID `107` due to mishandling of symlinks when determining the root mount of a `virt-launcher` pod. ### Details _Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer._ In the current implementation, the `virt-handler` does not verify whether the `launcher-sock` is a symlink or a regular file. This oversight can be exploited, for example, to change the ownership of arbitrary files on the host node to the unprivileged user with UID `107` (the same user used by `virt-launcher`) thus, compromising the CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability) of data on the host. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker should be in control of the file system of the `virt-launcher` ...

### Summary _Short summary of the problem. Make the impact and severity as clear as possible. The permissions granted to the `virt-handler` service account, such as the ability to update VMI and patch nodes, could be abused to force a VMI migration to an attacker-controlled node. ### Details _Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer._ Following the [GitHub security advisory published on March 23 2023](https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/security/advisories/GHSA-cp96-jpmq-xrr2), a `ValidatingAdmissionPolicy` was introduced to impose restrictions on which sections of node resources the `virt-handler` service account can modify. For instance, the `spec` section of nodes has been made immutable, and modifications to the `labels` section are now limited to `kubevirt.io`-prefixed labels only. This vulnerability could otherwise allow an attacker to mark all nodes as unschedulable, potentially forcing the migration o...

### Summary _Short summary of the problem. Make the impact and severity as clear as possible. A logic flaw in the `virt-controller` allows an attacker to disrupt the control over a running VMI by creating a pod with the same labels as the legitimate `virt-launcher` pod associated with the VMI. This can mislead the `virt-controller` into associating the fake pod with the VMI, resulting in incorrect status updates and potentially causing a DoS (Denial-of-Service). ### Details _Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer._ A vulnerability has been identified in the logic responsible for reconciling the state of VMI. Specifically, it is possible to associate a malicious attacker-controlled pod with an existing VMI running within the same namespace as the pod, thereby replacing the legitimate `virt-launcher` pod associated with the VMI. The `virt-launcher` pod is critical for enforcing the isolation mechanisms appli...

### Summary Due to improper TLS certificate management, a compromised `virt-handler` could impersonate `virt-api` by using its own TLS credentials, allowing it to initiate privileged operations against another `virt-handler`. ### Details _Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer._ Because of improper TLS certificate management, a compromised `virt-handler` instance can reuse its TLS bundle to impersonate `virt-api`, enabling unauthorized access to VM lifecycle operations on other `virt-handler` nodes. The `virt-api` component acts as a sub-resource server, and it proxies API VM lifecycle requests to `virt-handler` instances. The communication between `virt-api` and `virt-handler` instances is secured using mTLS. The former acts as a client while the latter as the server. The client certificate used by `virt-api` is defined in the source code as follows and have the following properties: ```go //pkg/virt-api/...

### Summary _Short summary of the problem. Make the impact and severity as clear as possible. Mounting a user-controlled PVC disk within a VM allows an attacker to read any file present in the `virt-launcher` pod. This is due to erroneous handling of symlinks defined within a PVC. ### Details _Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer._ A vulnerability was discovered that allows a VM to read arbitrary files from the `virt-launcher` pod's file system. This issue stems from improper symlink handling when mounting PVC disks into a VM. Specifically, if a malicious user has full or partial control over the contents of a PVC, they can create a symbolic link that points to a file within the `virt-launcher` pod's file system. Since `libvirt` can treat regular files as block devices, any file on the pod's file system that is symlinked in this way can be mounted into the VM and subsequently read. Although a security mec...

### Summary _Short summary of the problem. Make the impact and severity as clear as possible. A flawed implementation of the Kubernetes aggregation layer's authentication flow could enable bypassing RBAC controls. ### Details _Give all details on the vulnerability. Pointing to the incriminated source code is very helpful for the maintainer._ It was discovered that the `virt-api` component fails to correctly authenticate the client when receiving API requests over mTLS. In particular, it fails to validate the CN (Common Name) field in the received client TLS certificates against the set of allowed values defined in the `extension-apiserver-authentication` configmap. The Kubernetes API server proxies received client requests through a component called aggregator (part of K8S's API server), and authenticates to the `virt-api` server using a certificate signed by the CA specified via the `--requestheader-client-ca-file` CLI flag. This CA bundle is primarily used in the context of aggr...

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Forget card skimmers—this Android malware uses your phone’s NFC to help criminals pull cash straight from ATMs.