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CVE-2026-12080

🗓️ 20 Jul 2026 12:40:45Reported by redhatType 
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Local user can gain root access via symlink attack in qemu guest agent guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys.

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[
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm-ma",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "virt:rhel/qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "qemu-kvm",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
    ]
  },
  {
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
    ]
  }
]
ParameterPositionPathDescriptionCWE
arguments.usernamerequest bodytcp://192.168.1.10:4444Local privilege escalation in QEMU Guest Agent via guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys: symlink handling allows unprivileged guest to redirect root-owned file operations to attacker-controlled locations (TOCTOU/deterministic directory symlink), enabling root access.CWE-61
arguments.keysrequest bodytcp://192.168.1.10:4444Local privilege escalation in QEMU Guest Agent via guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys: symlink handling allows unprivileged guest to redirect root-owned file operations to attacker-controlled locations (TOCTOU/deterministic directory symlink), enabling root access.CWE-61
arguments.resetrequest bodytcp://192.168.1.10:4444Local privilege escalation in QEMU Guest Agent via guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys: symlink handling allows unprivileged guest to redirect root-owned file operations to attacker-controlled locations (TOCTOU/deterministic directory symlink), enabling root access.CWE-61

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31 Aug 2026 17:17Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.3
EPSS0.00181
SSVC
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