CVE-2025-64436: KubeVirt Excessive Role Permissions Could Enable Unauthorized VMI Migrations Between Nodes

CVE-2025-64436 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-11-17

KubeVirt Excessive Role Permissions Could Enable Unauthorized VMI Migrations Between Nodes in github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt

Technologies: kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-64436 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-64436 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-64436?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 17 November 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0; kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.7.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-64436?
Yes. kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go): upgrade to 1.7.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-64436?
Check whether you run github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt (Go) or kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go): upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
    go get kubevirt.io/kubevirt@v1.7.0

Affected products

  • github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0
  • kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.7.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-64436
  • GHSA-7xgm-5prm-v5gc
  • GO-2025-4104

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