GHSA-r329-fjhj-3cw3HighCVSS 7.8

A flaw was found in libvirt. A local attacker, specifically a process running as the confined ...

Published
August 10, 2026
Last Modified
August 10, 2026

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📋 Description

A flaw was found in libvirt. A local attacker, specifically a process running as the confined swtpm user, could exploit a symlink-following vulnerability in the virFileChownFiles() function. By planting a symbolic link within the swtpm state directory, the attacker could trick the root-level libvirt daemon into changing the ownership of an arbitrary file to the swtpm user. This allows for privilege escalation from the swtpm sandbox to root-level file ownership control.

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