SUSE-SU-2026:20571-1

This update for kubevirt fixes the following issues:

Update to version 1.7.0 (bsc#1257128).

Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2025-64435: logic flaw in the virt-controller can lead to incorrect status updates and potentially causing a DoS (bsc#1253189).
• CVE-2024-45310: kubevirt vendored github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/utils: runc can be tricked into creating empty files/directories on host (bsc#1257422).
• CVE-2025-22872: incorrectly interpreted tags can cause content to be placed wrong scope during DOM construction (bsc#1241772).
• CVE-2025-64432: fail to correctly validate certain fields in the client TLS certificate may allow an attacker to bypass existing RBAC controls (bsc#1253181).
• CVE-2025-64433: improper symlink handling can allow to read arbitrary files (bsc#1253185).
• CVE-2025-64434: compromising virt-handler instance can lead to impersonate virt-api and execute privileged operations (bsc#1253186).
• CVE-2025-64437: mishandling of symlinks can lead to compromising the CIA (bsc#1253194).
• CVE-2025-64324: a logic bug that allows an attacker to read and write arbitrary files owned by more privileged users (bsc#1253748).

Other updates and bugfixes:

• Upstream now uses stateless firmware for CoCo VMs.