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CVE-2026-77159

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-09-11 Modified: 2026-09-16

Description

A symlink-following flaw was found in libvirt's qemuTPMEmulatorPrepareHost() function. The function uses a path-based chown() on the swtpm logfile without checking for symbolic links. A local attacker with access to the swtpm account can replace the logfile with a symlink, causing libvirtd (running as root) to transfer ownership of an arbitrary file to the swtpm user.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-61

References