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CVE-2026-49237: multipass before 1.16.3 (exclusive); +1 more affected products

CVE-2026-49237. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.0016 (percentile 0.04585), scored 13-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

multipass · before 1.16.3 (exclusive)
canonical

Multipass · 0 to before 1.16.3
Canonical

Description’s affected range: before version 1.16.3 due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2025-5199

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

A local attacker can replace an auxiliary binary (such as qemu-img) with a malicious wrapper. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 15-Oct-2026 01:10 UTC

CWE: CWE-276
CCR priority: 31.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.0016 · percentile 0.04585 · 2026-10-13
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 01:07:31.726917+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-49237.html