CVE-2026-12080
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in QEMU to elevate their privileges.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a local attacker to elevate their privileges.
- Who is affected
- Local users of QEMU who can exploit the vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as it involves local access, but privilege escalation can lead to significant risks.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of QEMU to mitigate the vulnerability.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.14% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 4% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- medium[NEW] [medium] QEMU: Vulnerability allows privilege escalationcert-bund · 2026-07-21
- highCVE-2026-12080: A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent (qga). A local unprivileged user can exploit a vulner…nvd · 2026-07-20
- highCVE-2026-12080: Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-aut…msrc · 2026-07-14
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