CVE-2008-5086: Libvirt

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.

Affected products

• Libvirt Libvirt: version 0.3.2 only; version 0.3.3 only; version 0.4.1 only; version 0.4.2 only; version 0.4.6 only; version 0.5.0 only; …

Published 2008-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.