CVE-2026-63622
A local attacker, specifically a process running as the confined `swtpm` user, could exploit a symlink-following vulnerability in the `virFileChownFiles()` function.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in libvirt. A local attacker, specifically a process running as the confined `swtpm` user, could exploit a symlink-following vulnerability in the `virFileChownFiles()` function. By planting a symbolic link within the `swtpm` state directory, the attacker could trick the root-level libvirt daemon into changing the ownership of an arbitrary file to the `swtpm` user. This allows for privilege escalation from the `swtpm` sandbox to root-level file ownership control.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.14% probability · 3th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64773
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65515
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65516
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65803
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68513
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68594
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69114
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69131
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:74424
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75583
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63622
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513065
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.