CVE-2013-4291: Red Hat Libvirt

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The virSecurityManagerSetProcessLabel function in libvirt 0.10.2.7, 1.0.5.5, and 1.1.1, when the domain has read an uid:gid label, does not properly set group memberships, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

  • Red Hat Libvirt: version 0.10.2.7 only; version 1.0.5.5 only; version 1.1.1 only

Published 2013-09-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.