In containerized-data-importer (CDI), the aggregated cdi.kubevirt.io:view ClusterRole, intended to provide read-only access to CDI resources, includes a rule granting create on the datavolumes/source subresource. CDI's DataVolume clone authorization accepts this permission as sufficient to authorize cloning the contents of any PVC the caller can name, without requiring write access to the source namespace. A user or service account bound to the view role, commonly granted cluster-wide via ClusterRoleBinding, who also has ordinary write access (edit/admin) to any single namespace, can use this to exfiltrate the contents of any PVC in the cluster into a namespace they control, bypassing namespace isolation and the read-only guarantee of the view role.
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4.14::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4.16::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4.22::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4.18::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4.19::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4.20::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4.21::el9
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None

threat_severity

Important


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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Redhat openshift Virtualization
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Virtualization

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Description In containerized-data-importer (CDI), the aggregated cdi.kubevirt.io:view ClusterRole, intended to provide read-only access to CDI resources, includes a rule granting create on the datavolumes/source subresource. CDI's DataVolume clone authorization accepts this permission as sufficient to authorize cloning the contents of any PVC the caller can name, without requiring write access to the source namespace. A user or service account bound to the view role, commonly granted cluster-wide via ClusterRoleBinding, who also has ordinary write access (edit/admin) to any single namespace, can use this to exfiltrate the contents of any PVC in the cluster into a namespace they control, bypassing namespace isolation and the read-only guarantee of the view role.
Title Virt-cdi-operator: containerized-data-importer: cdi.kubevirt.io:view aggregated clusterrole grants create on datavolumes/source, allowing unauthorized pvc clone
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat container Native Virtualization
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat container Native Virtualization
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-07-27T09:31:40.761Z

Updated: 2026-09-08T16:20:09.972Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T08:42:15.783Z

Link: CVE-2026-17527

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-27T18:09:21.747Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-07-27T10:16:37.617

Modified: 2026-09-08T17:17:33.263

Link: CVE-2026-17527

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-17527 - Bugzilla