{"cve":"CVE-2019-10161","nvd":{"published":"2019-07-30T23:15:12.120","modified":"2026-06-17T02:10:23.163","status":"Modified","description":"It was discovered that libvirtd before versions 4.10.1 and 5.4.1 would permit read-only clients to use the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc() API, specifying an arbitrary path which would be accessed with the permissions of the libvirtd process. An attacker with access to the libvirtd socket could use this to probe the existence of arbitrary files, cause denial of service or cause libvirtd to execute arbitrary programs.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-862","CWE-284"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/libvirt-privesc-vulnerabilities","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10161","https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aed6a032cead4386472afb24b16196579e239580","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-18","https://usn.ubuntu.com/4047-2/"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:libvirt","redhat:virtualization","redhat:virtualization_host"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:58:11.797917892+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-10161","score":0.00516,"percentile":0.43945,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}