[UPDATE] [medium] libvirt: Vulnerability allows denial of service
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in libvirt to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in libvirt to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of libvirt.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as it requires local access to exploit.
- Action
- Update to the latest version when available.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-1598
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-127480.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 11% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-12748 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for libvirt
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- high[NEW] [high] libvirt: Vulnerability enables privilege escalation and DoScert-bund · 2026-08-21
- highCVE-2026-18917: A flaw was found in libvirt. An unprivileged local user could exploit an integer overflow vuln…nvd · 2026-08-20
- medium[NEW] [medium] libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities allowcert-bund · 2026-08-11
- mediumCVE-2026-63623: Libvirt: information disclosure via world-readable storage volume images during clone/convertmsrc · 2026-08-11
- lowCVE-2026-61477: Libvirt: libvirt: newline injection in network xml dns txt/srv fields allows dnsmasq config di…msrc · 2026-08-11
- mediumCVE-2026-18917: Libvirt: integer overflow in nodegetfreepages rpc handler leading to heap buffer overflowmsrc · 2026-08-11
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