USER PROBLEM
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• On clusters with Openshift Virtualisation and at least one VirtualMachine custom resource, Sensor would ignore the Central capability (https://github.com/stackrox/stackrox/blob/1350a4779630956c9695725c1a3cfa0e59b3d919/pkg/centralsensor/caps_list.go#L76) and send messages to Central. If Central is affected by ROX–31553, that would lead to panic.

CONDITIONS
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• Sensor in version 4.9.0 and an Openshift cluster

ROOT CAUSE
^{What is the root cause of the bug?}

• Developer bug

FIX
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See also https://redhat-internal.slack.com/archives/C07ARHMGLKA/p1762172729892999.