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CVE-2026-12080

A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent (qga). A local unprivileged user can exploit a vulnerability in the guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys command handler by manipulating symbolic links. This can occur either through a deterministic directory-symlink bypass or a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) file-symlink race. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to gain ownership of arbitrary root-owned files or directories, leading to root access. This vulnerability requires an external manageme
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:10a7f1aaa85a8635acd1610f928014d548caa7d7d801022c8db1e12a04a1bb6b
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 8 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/4

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"rhcos","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/7

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:"],"defaultStatus":"unknown","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/6

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/5

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/2

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"qemu-kvm-ma","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/3

Affected products and versions

8 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"virt:rhel/qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/4
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"rhcos","product":"Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/7
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:"],"defaultStatus":"unknown","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/6
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/5
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"qemu-kvm","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/2
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"qemu-kvm-ma","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/affected/3

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-61","description":"UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12080"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2499603","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499603"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/3929"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b4ae4fa2baca5c3b1fa1fde8f41fa4298e607ef1afb4317db1f8976388c2d53e · sha256:83ea12fcf1b92f78… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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