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CVE-2019-10161

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10161 is a path traversal vulnerability in libvirtd versions prior to 4.10.1 and 5.4.1, impacting various Canonical and Red Hat enterprise Linux and virtualization products. It allows read-only clients to use the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc() API to access arbitrary files with libvirtd's permissions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local attacker with low privileges and no user interaction can achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, including probing file existence, causing denial of service, or executing arbitrary programs. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.0.0, < 5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libvirt-0:0.10.2-64.el6_10.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libvirt-0:4.5.0-10.el7_6.12
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: virt:rhel-8000020190618154454.f8e95b4e
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Advanced VirtualizationFixed in: virt:8.0.0-8000020190620145550.f8e95b4e
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-release-virtualization-host-0:4.3.4-1.el7ev
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: redhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.4-20190620.3.el7_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-10161Important

libvirt: arbitrary file read/exec via virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc API

Jun 20, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / libvirt-privesc-vulnerabilities
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
libvirt.org / git
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-18
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4047-2
Third Party Advisory