CVE-2026-1530: Fog-kubevirt: fog-kubevirt: man-in-the-middle vulnerability due to disabled certificate validation

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-02-02 · updated 2026-07-15
Weakness: CWE-295

Description

A flaw was found in fog-kubevirt. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack due to disabled certificate validation. This enables the attacker to intercept and potentially alter sensitive communications between Satellite and OpenShift, resulting in information disclosure and data integrity compromise.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8: all versions — fixed in 0:1.5.1-1.el8sat
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9: all versions — fixed in 0:1.5.1-1.el9sat
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9: all versions — fixed in 0:0.0.3-4.el9sat, 0:0.1.23-0.3.el9pc, 0:0.13.0-1.el9sat, 0:0.4.3-1.el9sat, 0:1.2.0-0.1.el9pc, 0:1.5.1-1.el9sat
Red Hat Satellite 6: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 0:1.5.1-1.el8sat; Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 0:1.5.1-1.el9sat; Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 0:0.0.3-4.el9sat, 0:0.1.23-0.3.el9pc, 0:0.13.0-1.el9sat, 0:0.4.3-1.el9sat. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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