CVE-2026-48914
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in QEMU to cause a denial-of-service state and potentially execute arbitrary code on the host.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial-of-service state and potentially execute arbitrary code on the host.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of QEMU are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as exploitation is possible but not currently active.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of QEMU.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.12% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 2% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] QEMU: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-08
- mediumCVE-2026-48914: Qemu-kvm: heap buffer overflow in virtio-blk scsi request handlingmsrc · 2026-06-09
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