CVE-2026-12080

Public on 2026-07-15
Modified on 2026-07-15
Description
A local privilege escalation flaw was found in the QEMU guest agent (qemu-guest-agent). The guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys command follows symbolic links while operating on a user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file, allowing a local unprivileged user in the guest to leverage a symlink attack (CWE-61) to escalate privileges.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 qemu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu-kvm Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H