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CVE-2026-57966

spice-vdagent: Path traversal in file transfer via unsanitized filename

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 27, 2026

Updated · August 18, 2026

Description

A path traversal vulnerability was found in spice-vdagent. This flaw allows a malicious or compromised SPICE host to write arbitrary files to any location on the guest operating system. This occurs because the filename provided by the SPICE host during file transfers is not properly sanitized before being used. An attacker could exploit this to write to sensitive locations with the privileges of the spice-vdagent process, typically the logged-in user. This issue requires the SPICE host to be untrusted or compromised for exploitation.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')