Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 15, 2024· Updated Feb 13, 2025
bhyveload(8) host file access
CVE-2024-25940
Description
bhyveload -h may be used to grant loader access to the directory tree on the host. Affected versions of bhyveload(8) do not make any attempt to restrict loader's access to , allowing the loader to read any file the host user has access to. In the bhyveload(8) model, the host supplies a userboot.so to boot with, but the loader scripts generally come from the guest image. A maliciously crafted script could be used to exfiltrate sensitive data from the host accessible to the user running bhyhveload(8), which is often the system root.
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