High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-10167
CVE-2019-10167
Description
The virConnectGetDomainCapabilities() libvirt API, versions 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, accepts an "emulatorbin" argument to specify the program providing emulation for a domain. Since v1.2.19, libvirt will execute that program to probe the domain's capabilities. Read-only clients could specify an arbitrary path for this argument, causing libvirtd to execute a crafted executable with its own privileges.
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Affected products
40cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords25 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libvirt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/libvirt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/libvirt&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 4.0.0-lp150.7.18.2+ 24 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-lp150.7.18.2
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.0-lp151.7.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.7.0-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.0-5.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.0-27.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.0-5.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-8.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-9.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.0-8.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-9.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.0-8.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.4-22.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.0-27.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.0-27.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.0-5.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.0-5.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-8.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.18.4-22.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.0-27.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.0-5.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-8.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.0-8.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.0-27.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.0-5.40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.3.0-5.40.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- access.redhat.com/libvirt-privesc-vulnerabilitiesnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-18nvdThird Party Advisory
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