Red HatCVE-2026-12080
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: race condition
No fix yet
A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent (qga). A local unprivileged user can exploit a vulnerability in the guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys command handler by manipulating symbolic links. This can occur either through a deterministic directory-symlink bypass or a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) file-symlink race. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to gain ownership of arbitrary root-owned files or directories, leading to root access. This vulnerability requires an external management layer (e.g., libvirt) to trigger the affected code path.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-61
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12080
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12080
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:88421
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:94537
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:95346
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12080
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2499603
- gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/3929