CVE-2026-12080
Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys
CVE-2026-12080 is fixed in 21 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12080, released July 20, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
High
CVSS
7.3
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0014
3rd percentile
qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: Local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys [rhel-9.8.z])
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| qemu · Debian 14 | 1:11.1.2+ds-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12080 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-guest-agent · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-img · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-img · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-img · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm · rocky 9 | 7:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RLSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-audio-pa · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-blkio · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-curl · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-block-rbd · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-common · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-core · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-ccw · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-display-virtio-vga · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-host · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-device-usb-redirect · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-docs · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-tools · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-egl-headless · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-kvm-ui-opengl · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · RHEL 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | RHSA-2026:88421 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · almalinux 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9.alma.1 | ALSA-2026:88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| qemu-pr-helper · ol 9 | 17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.9 | ELSA-2026-88421 | Nov 7, 2026 |
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