Red HatCVE-2026-18917
Red Hat libvirt. An unprivileged local user: integer overflow
No fix yet
A flaw was found in libvirt. An unprivileged local user could exploit an integer overflow vulnerability in the NodeGetFreePages RPC handler. This flaw allows crafted values to bypass a size check, leading to an undersized memory buffer. Subsequently, real NUMA node data can overwrite this buffer. This heap buffer overflow can corrupt the root libvirt daemon's memory, potentially leading to a denial of service or local privilege escalation.
Affected versions
The source does not list versions here. See the source advisory for affected products and fixes.
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18917
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18917
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68509
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68510
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68511
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68513
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68514
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68594
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69114
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69131
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74424
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75583
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18917
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2520161