Canonical Multipass vulnerabilities

5 CVEs affecting Canonical Multipass, 0 known to be exploited (CISA KEV), with EPSS scores. Latest: CVE-2026-49238, published 2026-05-28.

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CVE-2026-49238, published 2026-05-28. High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. An issue was discovered in Canonical Multipass before version 1.16.3. The host-side SFTP server component (sshfs_server), which executes with root privileges on the host, contains a path containment…
CVE-2021-3626, published 2021-10-01. High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. The Windows version of Multipass before 1.7.0 allowed any local process to connect to the localhost TCP control socket to perform mounts from the operating system to a guest, allowing for privilege…
CVE-2021-3747, published 2021-10-01. High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. The MacOS version of Multipass, version 1.7.0, fixed in 1.7.2, accidentally installed the application directory with incorrect owner.
CVE-2025-5199, published 2025-07-12. High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. In Canonical Multipass up to and including version 1.15.1 on macOS, incorrect default permissions allow a local attacker to escalate privileges by modifying files executed with administrative…
CVE-2026-49237, published 2026-05-28. High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. An issue was discovered in Canonical Multipass for macOS before version 1.16.3 due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2025-5199. While the patch in version 1.16.0 updated the ownership of the multipassd…