A flaw was found in QEMU's virtio-blk device. The issue arises because the device does not properly validate the size of input descriptors before writing data. A malicious guest with high privileges could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a malformed virtio-blk SCSI request, leading to an out-of-bounds write in the host heap memory and a potential denial of service (DoS) for the QEMU process.
CVE-2026-48914
Score 6.7 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-12. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.7; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.7
- EG Score
- 6.7(medium)
- EG Risk
- 30(Track)EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity67% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 12, 2026
Last Modified
August 31, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jun 12, 2026[PATCH] virtio-blk: add missing VIRTIO_BLK_T_SCSI_CMD size check (CVE-2026-48914) - Stefan Hajnoczi
https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/[email protected]/2488283 – (CVE-2026-48914) CVE-2026-48914 qemu-kvm: Heap Buffer Overflow in virtio-blk SCSI Request Handling
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488283Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48914(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:58571Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:39311Red Hat Product SecurityLow
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security update
- CVE-2026-48914Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
Qemu-kvm: heap buffer overflow in virtio-blk scsi request handling
- GHSA-4hmh-vx7h-h98pGitHub Security AdvisoriesMedium
A flaw was found in QEMU's virtio-blk device. The issue arises because the device does not...
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | qemu-kvm-18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5 | 2026-08-24 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-17:10.1.0-17.el9_8.4 | 2026-07-14 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:10.0.0+ds-1 ... 1:9.2.2+ds-1~bpo12+1 (225 versions) | — | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:10.0.0+ds-1 ... 1:9.2.2+ds-1~bpo12+1 (199 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:10.0.10+ds-0+deb13u1 ... 1:10.0.8+ds-0+deb13u1 (13 versions) | 1:10.0.11+ds-0+deb13u1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu | 1:10.0.2+ds-2 ... 1:11.0.1+ds-1 (43 versions) | 1:11.0.2+ds-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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