What is CVE-2026-12080?

CVE-2026-12080 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Medium severity. Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-12080 cover?

CVE-2026-12080 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-12080. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-12080?

CVE-2026-12080 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-12080?

CVE-2026-12080 affects 3 products, including: azl3 qemu 10.1.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 qemu 9.1.0-10 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 qemu 9.1.0-11 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2026-12080MediumCVSS 7.3

Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

July 23, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-12080 →

🎯 Affected products3

azl3 qemu 10.1.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 qemu 9.1.0-10 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 qemu 9.1.0-11 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

Security Update KBRelease Notes (Security Update)

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12080
patchhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade