CVE-2026-12080: Qemu-kvm: qemu-guest-agent: local privilege escalation via symlink attack in guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.3)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Patch Tuesday

2026-Jul

Released

2026-07-23

Last Updated

2026-08-08

EPSS Score

0.18% (percentile: 7.7%)

Affected Products (2)

Other

• 21643-17084
• 21552-17084

Revision History

• 2026-07-23: Information published.
• 2026-08-08: Information published.