M8seven/cve-2026-12080-qemu-guest-agent-authorized-keys

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Technical writeup of CVE-2026-12080: local privilege escalation in the QEMU Guest Agent (qga) guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys handler via symlink following.

view exploit source poc_in_githubauthor M8sevenpublished 2026-10-22catalog poc_in_github

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ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2026-12080US	—	0.14% (3rd)	Exploit	2026-07-20
A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent (qga). A local unprivileged user can exploit a vulnerability in the guest-ssh-add-authorized-keys command handler by manipulating symbolic…

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