The DPDK vhost-user interface does not check to verify that all the requested guest physical range is mapped and contiguous when performing Guest Physical Addresses to Host Virtual Addresses translations. This may lead to a malicious guest exposing vhost-user backend process memory. All versions before 18.02.1 are vulnerable.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
6.1 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 56% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)