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CVE-2025-13193 json

Libvirt: information disclosure via world-readable vm snapshots

published 2025-11-17 11 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2025-197850

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in libvirt. External inactive snapshots for shut-down VMs are incorrectly created as world-readable, making it possible for unprivileged users to inspect the guest OS contents. This results in an information disclosure vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • libvirt Debian 13 11.3.0-3+deb13u2
  • libvirt Debian 14 11.10.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13193

  • libvirt Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 8.0.0-1ubuntu7.15
  • libvirt Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 10.0.0-2ubuntu8.11
  • libvirt Ubuntu 25.10 11.6.0-1ubuntu3.2
  • libvirt Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 11.6.0-1ubuntu7
  • libvirt Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.28+esm2
  • libvirt Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.31+esm1
  • libvirt Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.21+esm1
  • libvirt Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 6.0.0-0ubuntu8.20+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-13193

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libvirt Linux Micro 6.1 10.0.0-slfo.1.1_2.1
  • libvirt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 8.0.0-150400.7.14.1
  • libvirt SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 11.0.0-150700.4.13.1
  • libvirt Linux Micro 6.0 10.0.0-4.1
  • libvirt SLE Micro 5.5 9.0.0-150500.6.26.1
  • libvirt SLE Micro 5.2 7.1.0-150300.6.44.1
  • libvirt openSUSE Leap 15.6 10.0.0-150600.8.12.1
  • libvirt SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 11.4.0-160000.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:21263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0375-1SUSE-SU-2026:0279-1SUSE-SU-2026:0193-1SUSE-SU-2026:20050-1SUSE-SU-2026:0080-1

  • libvirt openSUSE Leap 16.0 11.4.0-160000.3.1
  • libvirt openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.9.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20100-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15746-1

  • libvirt Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 11.10.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-13193

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libvirt Azure Linux 3.0 10.0.0-6

azure linux advisories AZL-70598

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-13193 updated cvss 5.5

libvirt: Information disclosure via world-readable VM snapshots

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvirt, libvirt-client, libvirt-python, libvirt-lock-sanlock Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libvirt, libvirt-nss, libvirt-libs, libvirt-admin, libvirt-client, libvirt-daemon, +24 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libvirt, libvirt-nss, libvirt-libs, libvirt-admin, libvirt-client, libvirt-daemon, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libvirt, libvirt-nss, libvirt-libs, libvirt-client, libvirt-daemon, libvirt-ssh-proxy, +25 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libvirt
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

Sources

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