CVE-2016-9602

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9602

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9602.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:2.8+dfsg-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:2.8+dfsg-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:2.8+dfsg-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:2.8+dfsg-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:2.8+dfsg-3`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9602.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9602

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.