HIGH 7.3 Microsoft
CVE-2026-12080
Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys
Microsoft Security Update 2026-Jul: Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys
Affected Products
- azl3 qemu 9.1.0-10 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12080
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12080
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3 was published on 2026-07-14 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 qemu 9.1.0-10 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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