KubeVirt CDI unauthorized PVC clone via DataImportCron
CVE-2025-14459 Published on January 26, 2026

Virt-cdi-controller: unauthorized pvc cloning via dataimportcron
A flaw was found in KubeVirt Containerized Data Importer (CDI). This vulnerability allows a user to clone PersistentVolumeClaims (PVCs) from unauthorized namespaces, resulting in unauthorized access to data via the DataImportCron PVC source mechanism.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-14459 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
NONE

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 29 days later.

Weakness Type

What is an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR Vulnerability?

The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

CVE-2025-14459 has been classified to as an Insecure Direct Object Reference / IDOR vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-14459

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Affected Versions

Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat RHEL-9-CNV-4.19: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.01%
Percentile
1.92%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.