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CVE-2019-10167

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-10167 is a critical vulnerability in libvirt, affecting versions 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, including various Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Virtualization products. This flaw allows a read-only client to specify an arbitrary path for the "emulatorbin" argument in the virConnectGetDomainCapabilities() API, leading to the execution of crafted executables with libvirtd's privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk of full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) through a local attack with low complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
41.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 16,994 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 (6)

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
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-10167Important

libvirt: arbitrary command execution via virConnectGetDomainCapabilities API

Jun 20, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / libvirt-privesc-vulnerabilities
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-18
Third Party Advisory