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Red HatCVE-2026-63623

Red Hat libvirt: information disclosure

Medium5.5CVE-2026-63623 · Published Aug 10, 2026 · updated Aug 14, 2026

A flaw was found in libvirt. During storage volume clone or convert operations, newly created volume images were temporarily world-readable. This was caused by the `qemu-img` utility running with overly permissive file creation settings, allowing any local user to read the full guest disk contents. This vulnerability could lead to sensitive information disclosure from guest virtual machines.

Red Hat advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-732

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